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“FROM DETROIT TO THE SEA.” 

CONDENSED TIME TABLE 

*For a two weeks' tour for each of the three Excursions. 

1 st. 2 d. 3 d. 

fLeave Detroit. 9,00 a. m. Wednesday, June 27, July 11, July 25 

Arrive Pt. Huron. 12,00 noon Wednesday, June 27, July n, July 25 

Arrive Toronto. 6.30 p m. Wednesday, June 27, July n, July 25 

2j HOURS AT TORONTO. 

Leave Toronto. 9.00 p. m. Wednesday, June 27, July it, July 25 

Leave Kingston. 5.00 a. m. Thursdays June 28, July 12, July 26 

ALL DAY ON THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 

Arrive Montreal. 6.00 p. m. Thursday, June 28, July 12, July 26 

3^ HOURS AT M&NTREAL. 

Leave Montreal. 9.30 p. m. Thursday, June 28, July 12, July 26 

Arrive Gorham. 9.30'a. rn. Friday, June 29, July 13, July 27 

3 DAYS AT THE WHITE MOUNTAINS (iSt SUNDAY). 

Leave Gorham. 9.00 a. m. Monday, July 2, July 16, July 30 

Arrive Portland. 1.00 p. m. Monday, July 2, July 16, July 30 

§ Arrive Boston. 5.00 p. m. Moilday, July 2, July 16, July 30 

I DAY AT BOSTON. 

Leave Boston. 5.00 p, m. Tuesday, July 3, July 17, July 31 

Arrive Beach. 8.00 p. m. Tuesday, July 3, July 17, July 31 

2 \ days AT THE SEASIDE. 

Leave Beach ... A. 11.00 a. m. Friday, July 6, July 20, Aug. 3 

Leave Portland. 12.00 noon Friday, July 6, July 20, Aug. 3 

Arrive Quebec. 6.00 a. m. Saturday, July 7, July 21, Aug. 4 

ALL DAY AT QUEBEC. . ' 

Leave Quebec. 5.00 p. in. Saturday, .July 7, July 21, Aug. 4 

Arrive Montreal. 7.00 a. m. Sunday, July 8, July 22, Aug. 5 

15 HOURS AT MONTREAL (2D SUNDAY). 

Leave Montreal. 1000 p. m. Sunday, July 8, July 22, Aug. 5 

Arrive Toronto. .. 10 00 a. m. Monday, July 9, July 23, Aug. 6 

Arrive Niagara Falls- 12.55 P- m - Monday, July 9, July 23, Aug. 6 

24 HOURS AT NIAGARA FALLS. 

Leave Niagara Falls. 1 25 p. m. Tuesday, July 10, July 24, Aug. 7 

Arrive Detroit. 9.30 p. m. Tuesday, July 10, July 24, Aug 7 

OR SPEND SUNDAY NIGHT IN MONTREAL, THEN 

Leave Montreal.. 9 30 a. m Monday, July 9, July 23, Aug. 6 

pj Arrive Toronto. 11.15 p. m. Monday, July 9, July 23, Aug. 6 

g} STOP ALL NIGHT IN TORONTO.' 

1 Leave Toronto. 7 15 a. m. Tuesday, July 16, July 24, Aug. 6 

Arrive Niagara Falls- 1050 a. m. Tuesday, July 10, July 24, Aug. 6 

12 HOURS AT, NIAGARA FALLS. 

Leave Niagara Falls. 1005 p.*rft. Tuesday, July 10, July 24, Aug. 6 

Arrive Detroit. 705 a. W.'Wednesday, July 11, July 25, Aug. 7 

*As all tickets are good upon any regular train for 60 days from da e of starting, this schedule 
may be greatly var’ed. 

tAll tickets are good to leave Detroit upon any train of June 27 or 28, Ju’y 11 or 12, a d July 
25 or 26, as well as upon the dates stated above ; they are also good t) stop over at any point. 

§ Instead of going to Bos‘on by railroad, steamer can be taken at 7 p. m., arriving at Boston" 
early on the following morning. 






























Map of St. Lawrence River on opposite side 



MAP OP TEE 


Lachine Rapids. 
Montreal. 

Mount Royal, 
Victoria Bridge. 
White Mountains. 
Portland. Maine. 
Atlantic Ocean. 
Quebec. 

Beauport. 
Montmorency Falla. 


Detroit. 

Niagara. Falls 
Lake Ontario. 
Toronto. 

Kingston. 

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Thousand Islands. 
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1877. 


SEVENTH SEASON 


1883. 


OP THE 

GRAND PLEASURE EXCURSIONS 

PROM 

Detroit to and Across the Sea. 


From Detroit to the Sea and Return, $22, 

From Detroit Across the Sea and Return to Detroit, $150. 


, $ ‘PERSONALLY CONDUCTED BY 

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W. II. BREARLEY, DETROIT, IICH. 


Copyrighted, 1883, W. H. Brearley, Detroit, Mich. 


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The Experience of Former Excursions. 


OPINION OF THE 1878 EXCURSION. 

An informal meeting of the entire party was held July 10th, 1878, at the Glen 
House, White Mountains, and the following resolutions were adopted : 

Whereas, In view of the fact that at this point some of our party will probably leave, 
so that as a whole, we shall not meet again ; therefore, 

Resolved, That we hereby express to the projector and manager of the enterprise, Mr. 
W. H. Brearley, of the Detroit Evening News, our earnest commendation for the admirable 
manner in which the programme has been carried out, and the very ample provision made 
for the comfort and convenience of all. 

Resolved further, That we extend to him our cordial and heartfelt thanks for the unfailing 
courtesy, unwearying patience and untiring kindness which have marked his association with 
us ; and that we trust he and his estimable lady may live to lead many another excursion in 
which may it be our good fortune to be included. 


OPINION OF THE 1879 EXCURSION. 


The following resolutions were adopted at a gathering of the 1879 party, at the 
Glen House, July 11th, 1879 : 

Resolved, That we, the members of the Third Annual Excursion of the Detroit Evening 
News tender our heartiest thanks to W. H. Brearley, Esq., our efficient and gentlemanly 
manager, for his uniform kindness and courtesy, and for the great pleasure and enjoyment 
we have obtained through his instrumentality, and say to him that he serves his country best 
who serves his excursion party best. 

Resolved, That to the Messrs. Milliken of the Glen House we owe many thanks for the 
careful and generous manner in which they have catered to our creature wants and admin¬ 
istered to our comfort and enjoyment in everyway, and we take pleasure in saying “ may 
they live long and prosper.” 

OPINION OF THE 1880 EXCURSION. 

A meeting was held in the parlors of the Glen House July 12th, and the follow¬ 
ing resolution was unanimously adopted : 

Resolved , That we tender to Mr. W. H. Brearley, manager of this excursion, our sincere 
thanks for his untiring interest, and for our pleasure and comfort while under his charge ; 
and, that the pleasant recollections of such a pleasant time will never be forgotten. 


OPINION OF THE 1881 EXCURSION. 

While at the Glen House July 24th an informal meeting of the excursionists 
was held in the reception room, and Mr. Brearley was presented with the follow¬ 
ing resolutions : 

Resolved, That we are gratified to acknowledge the pleasant routes arranged and admirable 
provisions for enjoying the same, with the delightful excursions amid the mountains 

Resolved, That we hereby tender to Mr. Brearley our hearty thanks for his great executive 

ability, unwearied patience and kindness in making every one—from youth to a^e_feel at 

home ; and he lias gained the commendation of all for his perfect management. 

Resolved, That we take pleasure in speaking of the handsome manner in which the Grand 
Trunk railway arranged for our transportation over their line. They furnished us with first- 
class cars, and performed many acts for our comfort, convenience and safety, and we desire 
to tender the company and its officers our warmest thanks, and hereby commend their road 
to the traveling public. 

Resolved That we take pleasure in speaking of the Glen House, in the White Mountains 
as a model hotel, perfect in all its arrangements for the entertainment of the visitor We 
regard it as one of the best summer hotels, and shall recur to “our home amid the mount¬ 
ains with much pleasure ; and to Mr. C. R. Milliken and his assistants our heartiest thanks 
are hereby given. 

OPINION OF THE 1882 EXCURSION. 


July 7th, 1882, at the Glen House, the following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That we tender our thanks to Mr. W. H. Brearley, Manager of the Detroit News 
Excursions, tor the numerous courtesies received at his hands during the trip and for the 

complete success which has attended his efforts to make this excursion one of continuous 
genuine enjoyment. 



















FROM DETROIT TO THE SEA. 


Seventh Season, 3 Excursions. 
Cool Northern Route. 
Distance 2,200 Miles, 


W. H. BKEARLEY, 

DETROIT, MICH. 


I Leaves Detroit June 27, July 11 & 25. 
< All Tickets good for 60 days. 

{ Round Trip, $ 22 . 



AN ARTISTIC SUGGESTION. 


rTIHE summer vacation and how and where 
_JL to spend it, was the subject of a very earn¬ 
est conversation between a native American 
Lord and Lady of appreciative tastes but limit¬ 
ed means, one evening, while sipping their sec¬ 
ond cup of tea.* 

They had forwarded the requisite thirty 
cents to W. H. Brearley, of Detroit, for his 
new illustrated Excursion Guide Book, and 


having received and carefully perused it, were 
in that peculiar frame of mind known as 
“coming to a focus.” 

She enthusiastically favored the tour, while 
he seemed disinclined to go anywhere, princi¬ 
pally from motives of economy. 

He remarked: “As near as I can deter¬ 
mine, it will cost about $40 each, besides our 
tickets, for a two weeks’ trip.” 


*This chapter is designed to give, in connected form, a running account of what may he accomplished 
in two weeks, which is about the least time in which the tour can be made with satisfaction. For further 
particulars see the questions and answers in the back part of this Guide Book. 






















6 


FROM DETROIT TO THE SEA. 


“We would be on expense if we did not go, 
and simply staid at home.” 

‘ ‘ Yes, but seaside and mountain pleasure 
resorts only do business during three of the 
summer months, from June 15 to September 
15, and they have to make their charges high, 
and we can live cheaper at home.” 

“I thought you needed a change and rest? ” 

“ I suppose I do, I haven’t taken a vacation 
for several years, and-” 

“And the doctor told you, only the other 
day, that if you didn’t stop working so hard 
and take a little rest you would be down on 
your back.” 

“I could stay at home and rest a few days.” 

“Yes, you could but you wouldn’t; you 
know very well that if you stay here, you will 
give yourself no rest till you are obliged to. 
You will never take any real rest till you go 
away from your business far enough so that 
it will do no good to worry about it.” 

“Any other argument? you ought to have 
been born a man and gone into the legal pro¬ 
fession.” 

“We have never taken our wedding tour, 
and you know every year you have said that 
next year we will go down East and spend a 
few days among the mountains and at the sea 
shore.” 

“Any thing more? ” 

“You go to New York once or twice a year 
on business, but I have waited at home, and 
have saved the money you have made.” 

“Enough! we will go -” The rest of 

this sentence was drowned by a victorious 
clapping of hands from behind the tea urn. 

“I suppose we might as well make out a 
two weeks’ program, and then if we felt as 
if we could spare more time, we could stay 
longer at each place.” 

‘ ‘ Agreed. ” 

That evening they put their heads together, 
in a literal as well as a figurative sense, in a pro¬ 
found study of the condensed time schedule on 
the inside of the front cover of the guide book. 

“I confess that two weeks could not be bet¬ 
ter planned for good solid pleasure.” 

“ Could we not work something else in? ” 

“Yes, but we don’t need to.” 

“Why?” 

“Because it will be impossible to “take in ” 
any more than this and really enjoy it on one 
trip. We will have six distinct and special 
features, any one of which would, be enough 
to justify the time and expense, but, taken 
together will fully satisfy and are likely to 
satiate. ” 

“What six? ” 

“Well, first, there are the Thousand Islands. 
They are described as of wonderful beauty. 
Thos. Moore, the poet, while in this country, 
went into extravagant expressions of praise, 
when attempting to describe them.” 

£ ‘ I never fancied Moore’s writings, because 
he wrote some very mean things about America 
after he went back.” 

“All the more reason then for believing 
what he said about the beauties of the Thousand 
Islands.” 


“Perhaps so, go on.” 

“ The wonderful Rapids of the St. Lawrence 
is the second feature. The experience of 
‘ shooting the rapids ’ is not a common experi¬ 
ence.” 

“Isn’t there danger going through the 
rapids?” 

“I think not. It is a popular pleasure route 
and steamers have gone through them every 
day for years.” 

“What is your third point?” 

“The Mountains. The White Mountains 
offer no ordinary attractions, and a stop of 
three days is the very least we should think of 
making.” 

“ Cannot we see all we want to there in less 
than three days? ” 

“No, I would rather not stop there at all 
than to go a thousand miles to see and enjoy 
the mountains, and then run away from them 
as soon as we arrive there.” 

“Your fourth point is - ? ” 

The Ocean. I have anticipated for years 
the pleasure of seeing, and bathing in the 
Atlantic.” 

“ The fifth are the Cities? ” 

“Yes; Boston, Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, 
Portland and Detroit. All of them interesting 
in themselves and also on account of their his- ! 
torical association. ” 

“Is Niagara Falls the sixth?” 

“Yes. The last but not the least. Mr. 
Brearley could have arranged a little Arctic 
expedition to start north from Quebec to satisfy 
those who want something more.” 

“ Seriously, one would think he had engaged 
you for his agent, by the way you talk up his 
route and plan.” 

“ He lias not, and I’ll not characterize your 
insinuation, but I am satisfied that, as he has 
taken excursions for several years over this 
route, lie has probably so perfected every 
detail of management that it cannot now be 
very greatly improved without materially in¬ 
creasing the price of the ticket.” 

“ If everything, then, has been so perfected 
by experience, why does he not go with the' 
party all around and come back with them?” 

Because scarcely six persons can be found 
who wish to do the same thing, and it seems 
to me a wise arrangement to give the most 
perfect freedom to every one, and let them do 
exactly as they please.” 

“ Yes, but they all go together.” 

“ Not necessarily, the excursion train, starts 
at 9 a. m. , but no one is obliged to go till some 
one of the regular trains on the same or fol¬ 
lowing day.” 

“ Those who do go on the excursion train 
however -” 

“Will have the best time. They stay to¬ 
gether for the first five days and th<5n dis¬ 
banding at the Glen House, each person is at 
liberty to go on and complete the trip at his or 
her own pleasure and convenience.” 

A FORMER EXPERIENCE. 

Having thus become satisfied as to the route 
and program, our Lord and Lady next desired 











FROM DETROIT TO THE SEA. 


7 


to “talk it over” with friends who went on 
one of the 1882 excursions, and who were con¬ 
siderate enough to be living within an avail¬ 
able distance. • 

One of the greatest pleasures of traveling is 
to talk with one’s friends before going, under 
the pretense of seeking advice, and then leav¬ 
ing them afflicted with the greenest kind of 
envy; also upon returning, to deal out tantaliz¬ 
ing bits of experiences, as, “while we were at 
the mountains last season;” or, “while I was 
taking a surf bath;” or, “going through the 
rapids was just too lovely for anything,” and 
then, suddenly recollecting, add, “Oh! I for¬ 
got that you have never been there.” 

Our Lady had submitted many a time in 
silence to a like humiliation, and only the sum¬ 
mer before it had been administered by the 
one she now above all others desired to call 
upon and “advise” with. 

“ I wonder,” he remarked to himself as they 
started over next evening, ‘ ‘ why she wants to 

see Mrs.-so much. I never thought them 

especially intimate, and the guide book seems 
to cover about all any one needs to be posted 
upon before starting. I suppose though she 
wants to find out what she ought to take along 
to wear.” Only one more guess would have 
been necessary. She had already determined 
what she was going to wear, and she wished 
to divide the pleasure of thinking about it with 
this friend. 

TALKING IT OVER. 

“So you are both going east? ” 

“ Yes.” 

“ Which excursion? ” 

“The first one which leaves Detroit June 
27th.” 

“ How long do you expect to be gone? ” 

“ Two weeks at least and perhaps longer. 
We can stop off, you know, at any place on 
the route and continue by ourselves.” 

“That will be all right returning, but you 
will not want to going east, because the trip is 
so planned that it is not at all tiresome; first 
there is one day of railroad travel, and Ihen 
the day upon the St. Lawrence river is a per¬ 
fect change, and then after another night of 
railroad travel you will have a short and de¬ 
lightful carriage ride up into the heart of the 
White Mountains, where you will stay three 
days to rest, but will want to stay three weeks." 

“Wasn’t traveling in a crowd objection¬ 
able?” 

“That was what we were afraid of before 
starting, but there was nothing about the train, 
that indicated that it was an excursion at all. 
The train consisted of fice Pullman palace 
sleeping cars, three day coaches, one smoking 
car and a baggage car. Nearly every one had 
a berth or section in the sleeping car the same 
as on any regular train any day of the year, 
and as all the common day coaches were not 
needed, one was disconnected and left at Sarnia 
when we stopped there the first day for din¬ 
ner. ” 

“ Porter to each car ? ” 

‘ ‘ Certainly, and ready to attend to every 
want without being hunted up. It was 


rumored that the manager of the excursion 
had promised each of them a present to stim¬ 
ulate their perceptive faculties. Be that as it 
may, if any lady laid her head down upon the 
back of the seat, the porter at once volunteered 
a clean white pillow, the gentlemen’s boots 
were blacked each night and the usual quar¬ 
ter ’ was not solicited, and when any of us 
wished to eat our lunch they supplied us with 
little tables.” 

“Did you take a lunch ?” 

“ Yes, we took along enough for four meals 
in a pasteboard box that we threw away when 
emptied. We dropped ours over the side of 
the steamer just before we came to the Long 
Sault Rapids.” 

“ How were the meals arranged ? ” 

“In the first place, as soon as we left 
Detroit, the manager went through the train 
and gave to each two little circulars ; one 
gave the special rates offered by various hotels 
along the route; and the other requested each 
one receiving it to order meals if desired, so 
that the manager could telegraph ahead.” 

“Where did the meals come in ? ” 

“ Dinner at Sarnia ; fifty cents. We had 
eaten our lunch before getting there and so 
went in and obtained an excellent dinner. 
That is one of the troubles of traveling, every 
one acquires a phenomenal appetite. It is 
amusing to hear one telling about a trip he 
has made. He occasionally speaks of the 
scenery, but it is principally ‘ that supper at the 
Rossin House, Toronto, was perfectly splen¬ 
did,’ or ‘when I was at the Glen House and 
asked for a glass of milk the waiter brought me 

a glass of their 
Jersey cow’s 
milk that was as 
rich as cream,’ 
or ‘wasn’t that 
boiled salmon 
that we had at 
the St. Louis 
Hotel, Quebec, 
elegant.’ They 
talk more about 
eating and what 
tlie} r have to eat, 
than anything 
else.” 


TIIE CROSSING. 

“ Did you stop at Sarnia long ? ” 

“ Only half an hour.” 

“ I thought they examined baggage in cross¬ 
ing over from the United States to Canada ? ” 
“ They do, but all but two or three had 
checked their trunks from Detroit through to 
Gorham, N. H. The ‘ through ’ baggage was 
put in one end of the baggage car, locked and 
sealed by the Custom House officers and was 
not troubled.” 

“But the hand baggage ? ” 

‘‘ As soon as the officer learned that all on 
board were exclusively through passengers, he 
checked the satchels and passed them ; I fancy 
the manager of the excursion saved us a little 
annoyance by going through the train with 
































8 


FROM DETROIT TO THE SEA. 


the officer and identifying the members of his 
party.” 

“ Where did you get supper ? ” • 

‘ ‘ Toronto. We arrived there about 6 p.m., 
and the train was held over for our accommo¬ 
dation till 9 p. m. We took a carriage and 
drove around the city an hour, after supper 
and before the train started. ” 

“ Did any one get left ? ” 

‘ ‘ One man. He had forgotten that the train 
from Toronto to Kingston runs on Toronto 
time, which is 14 minutes faster than Detroit 
time. He caught up with us the next night, 
however, at Montreal, but had to stay on 
board the train, and so missed the Thousand 
Islands and Rapids. ” 

“Did you sleep well the first 
night ? ” 

“Yes, pretty well, but we had 
to get up rather early next morn¬ 
ing at Kingston. That is where 
we leave the train and take the 
steamer for the next day on 
the St. Lawrence River. I am 
ashamed to confess it, but I 
hadn’t seen the sun rise before 
for years. ” 

“You don’t revere the great 
and economical Benjamin Frank¬ 
lin, nor practice his precepts, I 
fear ? ” 

“I can’t say that I do. I never 
thought of it, but that may be 
the explanation for the absence 
of ‘ wealth ’ from my assets. 

Our train backed down three 
miles from the depot to the dock 
right alongside the steamer that 
was in waiting with steam up. 

We left all hand baggage with 

the porters of the sleeping cars, 

and only took with us what we should need 

on board the steamer. ” 

“Did the porters take care of what vou 
left ? ” 

“ Splendidly! When we took the train that 
night at Montreal, the berths were all made up 
and ready for us, and each one’s things were 
just as we left them. I didn’t hear of any one 
having the least trouble. There were two or 
three persons to each car that were afraid to 
go through the Rapids, and staid aboard. 
They arrived at Montreal about 9 p. m. , three 
hours after we did.” 

■ ‘ Didn’t you feel afraid to go down the 
river ? ” 

“Not in the least; it was a little exciting, 
to be sure, but was the grandest of anything 
we saw, except the mountains. We were 
nearly all the forenoon in passing through the 
Thousand Islands, but at 10:30 a. m. we came 
to the *Galop Rapids ; it took only five min¬ 
utes to go through it.” 

“ Did it amount to much ? ” 

“ No. At 11:15 a. m. we spent another five 
minutes going through the Du Plan Rapids, 
which were about the same as the Galop! 


Neither of them came up to the program, i. e., 
to our expectations, and every one pronounced 
them frauds. The river at each Rapid was 
agitated into waves, with an occasional ‘ white 
cap ’ for a short ways, but the steamer went 
through them without any apparent motion.” 
“Were all the Rapids like these two ? ” 
“That was what we asked the excursion 
manager, and asked him to bring on his rap¬ 
ids if he had any that were worth looking at. 
He requested us to wait until 12: 25 p. m., and 
after we had seen the Long Sault to then offer 
our complaints or criticisms.” 

“Was the Long Sault an improvement ? ” 
“I should remark! It was one of the finest 
of the seven, and its nine miles of boiling 



SHOOTING THE RAPIDS. 

waters required twenty minutes for the pas¬ 
sage, or the shooting, as they style it.” 

‘ ‘ On what part of the steamer were you ? ” 

“Most of the party preferred the upper 
front deck, but we went into the ladies’ cabin 
on the rear of the lower deck, and while going 
through the Rapids the water left at some dis¬ 
tance behind us was higher than our heads 
where we were sitting, and'we could see and 
appreciate the fact that we were going down 
hill, not at all a steep incline, but a sufficient 
descent to make the surface of the water white 
with foam.” 

“You say there are five other Rapids? ” 

“Yes. The *Coteau, a five-minute Rapid, 
that we reached at 3:10 p. m., the Cedar, five 
minutes, at 3:40 p. m., the Split-Rock, five 
minutes, at 3:55 p. m., and the Cascade, five 
minutes, at 4:05 p. m. These four are all 
really the principal features of one magnificent 
Rapid, the finest in some respects of all.” 

But the LaChine, when did you go 
through that?” 

“Just before we arrived at Montreal. I 
think it was about 5 p. m. when we took the 
Indian Pilot aboard, and he took us through 


* Pronounced Gallow, 


*Pronounced Koto, 



















FROM DETROIT TO THE SEA. 


9 


the LaChine, which is a short distance below 
Caughnewaga where he lives.” 

“ How did the Indian look ? ” 

“He was dressed as laboring men usually 
dress.” 

“ Any feathers ? ” 

“ Not a feather; what little of his face could 
be seen from under an old slouch hat looked 
resolute enough, and he appeared to be large 
and strong, but—” 

“ Anything sentimental ? ” 

“Not that was visible. When all the pas¬ 
sengers stared at him, and the ladies tried to 
show their appreciation by waving their hand¬ 
kerchiefs, and every one cheered as he came 
on board to take the wheel, he refused to look 
at or show that he so much as knew there was 
any one on board. He fixed his eyes on the 
horizon of the river ahead where a line of 
white indicated the location of the last or La- 
Chine Rapid.” 

“What will they do when the Indian dies?’ 

‘ ‘ The Indian is a splen¬ 
did fellow and has piloted 
steamers through these 
Rapids for many years, 
but he is not the only one. 

The steamer that comes 
down the Ottawa River 
from Ottawa passes this 
Rapid every day, and al¬ 
ways without the Indian. 

The pilot who took the 
steamer through all the 
other Rapids is perfectly 
competent for this also, 
and has gone through it 
scores of times. The 
fact of the case really is, 
that the Indian is not 
only a safe, experienced 
and reliable pilot, but he 
is also an—” 

“An excellent adver¬ 
tisement.” 

“Exactly.” 

“Was the LaChine more dangerous than 
the others ? ” 

“On account of the rocks, yes; but we 
didn’t know it. We went through it as thou¬ 
sands do every year in safety, and taking- 
immense pleasure from the novel and exciting- 
surroundings, and then we clapped our hands 
and cheered the pilot and captain, for 

MONTREAL WAS IN SIGHT. 

And we were safely through the last Rapid.” 

‘ ‘ Do they always cheer when they get 
through the LaChine ?” 

‘ ‘ That is the proper thing to do. Passing 
under Victoria Bridge, one of the longest and 
most expensive bridges in the world, we came 
to the immediate vicinity of the city of 
Montreal. A few objects attracted special 
attention as we approached our landing place. 
The large iron ocean steamers, lying at the 
docks belong to the Dominion Line, and run 
between Montreal and Quebec and Liverpool.* 


* See chapter in this book entitled, “ From Detroit 
Across the Sea.” 


The two square towers were the towers of the 
Notre Dame Cathedral, while back of the city 
rose the heights of Mount Royal (Mont. Real), 
from which the city was named.” 

“We found a page of familiar songs in the 
back of the guide book, and after passing Vic¬ 
toria bridge the manager suggested that we 
should all remain on the bow of the steamer 
till we landed, and spend the time in singing. 
The plan was adopted at once, and as we 
neared the city, crowds of people came to the 
docks, imagining, I suppose, that “America” 
was “ God save the Queen. ” 

“ Where did you land ? ” 

‘ ‘ The steamer went into the lock of the 
LaChine Canal, and water was let in under it 
which raised it to the level of the massive stone 
dock.” 

“Did you take a hack ? ” 

“Yes. They have an immense number 6f 
little one horse cabs, large enough for four 
persons, in Montreal, fare 25 cents. 


‘ ‘ When we arrived at Montreal it seemed as 
if we had been gone from home a week, the 
time had been crowded so with events; it was 
really only a day and a half. We took a hack 
and went to a hotel for supper, being warned 
in advance to be at the depot at 9:30 p. m. 
Montreal time, which is 24 minutes faster than 
Toronto time.” 

“ Did you attempt to look around the city 
that evening ? ” 

“We were tired, and needed a bath and the 
rest more than such a meager glimpse of that 
great city, we therefore took the advice of the 
manager of the excursion, and reserved the 
‘doing’ of Montreal until the return trip. 
At 9:30 p. m. [we had set our watches with 
Montreal time when we first arrived] we were 
at the depot and found our train in waiting; 
the same cars we had left in the morning at 
Kingston. There again we were made aware 
in a very pleasant way that we were a part of 
an excursion party.” 

“ How so? ” 

“Ordinarily, in regular travel, we would 
have been compelled to stand, liand-baggagc 
in hand, and wait our turn at the window of 
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VICTORIA BRIDGE. 
















































10 


FROM DETROIT TO THE SEA. 



the sleeping-car office in the depot, to secure a 
berth, and take what we could get. In our 
case, however, we went to the train at once, 
found our things, that we had left at Kings¬ 
ton, in the berth which we had occupied the 
first day, and all in waiting for our arrival, 
saving us trouble and expense.” 

“ That was elegant! ” 

‘ ‘ It seemed like getting home. That night 
we slept. I didn’t wake once till we arrived in 
‘America’ again.” 

“America? ” 

“Yes, over the border in Vermont. The 
first station the other side is Island Pond, a 
little town named after its pond with an island 
in it, where the very early risers can get an ex¬ 
cellent breakfast flavored with a distant view 
of the mountains. ” 

“ Would it pay to get up there? ” 

•“You will not be obliged to, but we did. 
Unless you breakfast there, you will have to 
wait until 9:30 at Gorham.” 

“ What, two sunrises in succession? ” 

‘ ‘ Some of the others arose and began to 
talk and we thought we might as well rise also. 
My remembrance of that bright morning with 
its crisp air, mountain scenery, (the first I had 
ever seen) and the excellent breakfast at the 
Island Pond House, makes me feel now like 
hallooing as I did then out of very exuberance 
oP spirits.” 

“Did they stop there long? ” 

Some little time. The baggage, you know, 
has to be examined every time it crosses the 
national boundary. The manager of the ex¬ 
cursion was in the baggage car when we 
stopped at the station, and again secured 
immunity for his ‘family’ of ‘through tour¬ 
ists’. by accompanying the Custom House 
official on his tour of inspection.” 

Could you get good views from 
the car windows between Island 
Pond and Gorham?” 

‘ ‘ Fair, but one sided, out of one 
side of the car. A number of the 
party had deferred getting their 
White Mountain coupon ticket, and 
were at that late hour alternately 
deciding to stop and make the ascen¬ 
sion of Mt. Washington, and then, 
a few minutes afterwards, redeciding 
to go on direct to Portland.” 

“Why didn’t they decide that be¬ 
fore leaving home? ” 

“You tell; I cannot. It might- 
have been the three days of time or 
the few dollars it would cost I sup¬ 
pose. There we were, within reach 
for the first time in our lives of the 
very finest portion of our whole trip, 
and yet some of the party bid us 
good-bye at Gorham and went on to 
Portland. They hadn’t much of an 
idea what they missed.” 

“ Where ignorance is bliss, etc.” 

“That expresses it. I wouldn’t 
take hundreds of dollars for my ex¬ 
perience in the mountains. It passed 
all my expectations and more than 
satisfied me.” 


“You stopped, then? ” 

“We did indeed. Before arriving at Gor¬ 
ham, the manager of the excursion went 
through the train and took up all the baggage 
checks, and thus deprived us of another of the 
traveler’s usual privileges, of looking after his 
own trunks. As soon as the train stopped we 
all took our satchels to the piazza of the Alpine 
House, a few yards from the railroad track, 
and while those who had not breakfasted 
at Island Pond were getting their breakfast, 
the baggage was being look over and loaded 
up on the ‘ boots ’ of the Concord coaches 
that were waiting to convey us to the Glen 
House. ” 

“What time of day was that? ” 

“We left Gorham about 10 a. m. and had a 
delightful carriage ride to the Glen. The road 
follows up the little Peabody River, winding- 
in and out among the spurs of the Presidential 
Range on the right side, and the Carter Moun¬ 
tains which are on the east side. Neither Mt. 
Washington or Mt. Adams can be seen at all 
until about one-tliird of the distance has been 
passed, when, if the day is fine, these summits 
will come into view. We arrived at the Glen 
House about noon, and registered, were as¬ 
signed rooms and had our baggage sent up to 
our rooms. ” 

“You must have been tired! ” 

“We were, and although we expected to do 
nothing but rest and take in the mountain air 
for three or four days, we found so much to 
do that our resting was not of the quiet order. 
After dinner at 2 p. m. a party of eight of us 
concluded that we would go down to the Glen 
Ellis and Crystal Cascade Falls and we made 
the trip of 8 miles (4 miles each way) before 
sundown, coming back loaded down with 
specimens, including rolls of birch bark.”' 


(tL1£JS t IEIvLIS FALLS. FOUR MILES FROM GLEN HOUSE. 










FROM DETROIT TO THE SEA. 


11 


You didn’t carry them yourselves? ” 

“ Of course not, we liad a carriage.” 

‘ ‘ What did it cost you ? ” 

“Nothing extra, it is included in the $6 
White Mountains ticket. When you are 
down at the Falls you will want to write 
a letter home on birch bark; the driver will 
show you the trees and teach you how to 
peel and separate the bark into thin sheets.” 

“ Are these Falls and Pools worth visit¬ 
ing?” 

“They are exquisite gems of scenery. 

If I had either one near the city of 
Chicago, and could charge admittance to 
see it, as they do at Montmorenci or Niaga¬ 
ra Falls, I wouldn’t wish for any better 
source of income. The mountains are so 
much greater and grander, however, that 
these wonderful attractions are apt to be 
slighted.” 

‘ ‘Are there good views of the mountains 
from the Glen House? ” 

“The best of any there are, except 
those only, that are obtained on ascending 
Mt. Washington. Sitting on the piazza- 
of the hotel that first evening, the range 
whose peaks were named after different 
presidents of the United States, was spread 
out before us in all its majesty and grand¬ 
eur. Occasional clouds that drifted past, 
which would - hide the summits for a few 
minutes, gave us a better idea of their height 
than any other available standard of measure¬ 
ment; it also helped us to comprehend the 
height of the mountains, to be told that it 
was eight miles to the summit of Mt. Wash¬ 
ington, by way of the carriage road or four 
miles in a direct line. That portion of Mt. 
Washington which seems highest is really a 
spur of the mountain, and hides Mt. Clay 
that lies just beyond it.” 

“When did you make the ascension?” 

“We, i. e., the six horses, pulled out the 
next morning at about 9 a. m.” 

“ Six horses to every carriage load? ” * 

“ Yes, the grade is a steady ascent nearly all 
the way, and the team can go no faster than a 
walk making very frequent stops to rest. The 
perfect freedom and delight of ascending the 
mountain by the carriage road are apparent, 
when every few minutes some beautiful plant 
or specimen is seen beside the road that the 
young gentlemen clamber out and secure for 
the ladies of the load. The driver stopped 
whenever we requested him to do so, and we 
loaded up with ferns, pieces of mica, pink 
quartz and curious stones for souvenirs. The 
ascent is a gentle incline of not more than 25 
degrees at the steepest point.” 

“ Where is the half way house?” 

“Half way up, of course, or just above 
where the road emerges from the woods and 
the first fine extended views are obtained.” 

HALF WAY HOUSE. 

This shanty (for it is nothing more than a 
place where the men live who work upon the 
road) is not without interest. While the horses 
are being watered the occupants of the car¬ 
riages invade the premises, register their names 



HALF-WAY HOUSE. 

upon a board hanging against the wall for 
that purpose, look over a fine collection of 
specimens that the workmen have gathered, 
buy a cane perhaps , but without any possibil¬ 
ity of doubt or uncertainty they each invest 
ten cents in the inevitable package of spruce 
gum, which has been gathered on the mount¬ 
ain. They will also probably desire to put on 
the extra wraps before continuing the ascent. 
Above this point the wind grows cooler and 
the air rarer, the vegetation more stunted and 
the views more and more extended and grand. 

Starr King, an authority upon the White 
Mountains, spent several seasons in the mount¬ 
ains and tried to describe these views, but 
failed to do them justice. 

We arrived at the summit about 1 p. m., 
where among the places of interest to the 
tourist is the signal service station, and the 
office of the only daily paper ever published 
among the clouds. It is called Among The 
Clouds, and is edited and printed in the old 
Tiptop House (formerly the only hotel on the 
summit), by Henry E. Burt. 

ACCESSIBLE POINTS OF INTEREST. 

Among the places that can be reached from 
the summit are Tuckerman’s Ravine, where 
can be seen the Fall of a Thousand Streams— 
the Lake of the Clouds, the Great Gulf, Hun¬ 
tington’s 'Ravine, the Alpine Garden, and 
many others equally interesting. Excursions 
to these points give a far better idea of the 
wildness and vastness of this mountain < peak 
than any description can do. No one should 
attempt to visit them without a competent guide, 
however. 

THE GENERAL VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT 

lias justly been called “an epic landscape.” 
The English Alpestrian, Latrobe, said that it 















12 


FROM DETROIT TO THE SEA. 


was magnificent, but gloomy. The view-line 
sweeps around a circumference of nearly 1,000 
miles, embracing parts of five States and the 
Province of Quebec. Within the vast circle 
are seen scores of villages and hamlets and 
hundreds of mountains, together with the 
widening valleys of the chief rivers of New 
England. 

THE CLOUD SCENES. 

It wouldfbe a misfortune indeed not to wit¬ 
ness the wonderful transformations of clouds 
that are often spread out beneath the level of 
the summit, in the most active and beautiful 
of panoramas. I once witnessed 
a thunder storm over the valley 
southeast of the summit, when 
the tops of the clouds were lower 
than the rocks from which it was 
viewed. 

THE DESCENT 

is made in one-quartebof the time 
it takes to make the ascent, the 
eight miles from the summit to 
the Glen House being frequently 
made in less than one hour. 

Near the barn on the summit, 
and passed on the return, is an 
excursion “ look out, ” erected in 
1880 for W. H. Brearley. 

“Did the ascension meet your 
expectations?” 

‘ ‘ It greatly exceeded them; it 
was the very summit of our ex¬ 
periences in every sense of the 
word; you would be very foolish 
indeed not to go if you could. ” 

When di< l the party, as an 
excursion, disband?” 

“ That evening. After supper 
at the Glen House we had a 
gathering in one of the par¬ 
lors. These 'excursion gatherings are uni¬ 
formly held on the Saturday evening before 
disbanding and leaving the mountains. They 
are usually enlivened by an impromptu pro¬ 
gram of speeches and music, and the manager 
announced that as he should on the following 
Monday morning return to Detroit, the mem¬ 
bers of the party were free to consult their 
own will as to the future; remaining at the 
Glen House as long as they desired, or going 
East on Monday morning. Mr. Brearley then 
gave_us particular advice as to each point to 
be visited. Answering a few score of ques¬ 
tions which were publicly propounded, and 
probably as many more to different ones that 
were personally solicited after the meeting and 
excursion adjourned. Next day, Sunday, we 
rested all day, and on Monday we v6ry reluc¬ 
tantly turned our backs upon our ‘home among 
the mountains’ and started eastward.” 

“Are there any other points that can be 
made while at the Glen? ” 

“ Several good ones. A five mile walk will 
take, one to the Snow Arch in Tuckerman’s 
Ravine. Last year the manager of the excur¬ 
sion and two others went there and reported 
that they found, on the 21st of July, a bank 


of snow 300 feet long, 150 feet wide and 50 or 
60 feet thick. They said the jaunt was ex¬ 
tremely fatiguing, but that is paid. Another 
pedestrian trip is to Garnet Pool, a picturesque 
point in the Peabody River where the water 
appears to have a garnet color, and the Imp 
Mountain that shows an excellent profile of a 
man’s face, can be seen by going about two 
miles.” 

“ How can I find them ? ” 

“Ask Ben Osgood, the guide, who is now 
getting too old to do much work as a guide, 
and works as porter at the Glen House. He 



PUBLIC GARDENS, BOSTON. . 

has been a guide for the last thirty years, and 
‘ knows every thing,’ they say.” 

“We don’t wish to impose upon good nature 
by asking any more questions, but would like 
to have you give us the briefest possible out¬ 
line of the rest of your trip.” 

“ We left Gorham on the morning train on 
Monday and arrived at Portland at 1 p. m. 
We went that night by steamer to Boston, 
spent two days there and then went to the 
Beach where we remained three days, bath¬ 
ing in the surf every day. 

SOUVENIRS OF THE SEA-SHORE 
can be found in a stroll along nearly any one 
of the beaches, wherever there are sharp-edged 
rocks to catch and retain them from the ebbing 
tide. There are not many handsome shells to 
be gathered on the coast of the northern 
Atlantic, but different varieties of star fish, 
liorse-shoe crabs, etc., are often seen strewn 
along the beach, and these when dead are so 
hard and dry, that they are as easily carried as 
a shell. If they are alive when found, they 
will die at once, on being put into freshwater. 
In some places along the coast great quantities 
of beautiful algae, or sea-moss are found; in 
other places only an occasional fragment is 





























FROM DETROIT TO THE SEA. 


13 




* - - - To Gorham 8 M/Jes 

ToGknEllisFa)b ' rWlGLEH HOUSE 


PRESIDENTIAL RANGE, FROM THE GLEN HOUSE. 


swept in by the waves. Look for sea-moss 
among the Vocks, or else gather the loose and 
floating fragments while bathing. Any one 
wishing to preserve this can easily do so by 
preparing some cards of bristol board, of any 
size required, selecting some 
fragments of the moss, (the fine 
sprays are better than the coarse) 
and, placing one in a bowl of 
water, let it float out in its nat¬ 
ural shape ; then dip a card un¬ 
der it and, before lifting it out 
of the water, take a pin and 
carefully push each little spray 
where you want it to lie; then 
lift the card carefully out of the 
water and place it on some flat 
surface where it will dry. The 
moss is gluey enough to adhere 
to the card, and an album of 
such specimens is as pretty as a 
collection of little water-color 
paintings, from which one can 
hardly distinguish them. 

“From Portland we went to ' 

Quebec, thence to Montreal, 
spending a day at each place, 

, and then ended a very full pro¬ 
gram with a day at Niagara 
Falls.” 

“What, of all, did you like 
best ? ” 

‘ ‘ The three days at the 
mountains. I can shut my 
eyes now and see those beau¬ 
tiful cloud views. We went 
above the clouds, you know, a 
mile and a quarter high.” 

Sitting on the piazza of the 
Glen House, the peaks of the 
Presidential range are outlined 
against the western sky in the 
following order: First., on the 
right, is Mt. Madison, 5,365 feet 
high; next to the left is Mt. 

Adams, 5,794 feet high ; then 
Jefferson, 5,714; Clay, 5,552; 

Washington, 6,293, and Mon¬ 
roe, 5,384, respectively. These 
are the six loftiest peaks in the 
White Mountains. 


‘ ‘ Do they 
ever attempt 
to ascend 
any of the 
other mount¬ 
ains beside 
Mt. Wash¬ 
ington ? ” 

“ Very sel¬ 
dom indeed, 
as it is a most 
difficult, and 
almost hazar¬ 
dous under¬ 
taking, and 
must be done 
on foot, as 
there are no 
roads. Last year a party of three, Mortimer L. 
Smith and W. H. Brearley of Detroit, with Ben 
Osgood, the Glen House guide, started from the 
Glen House at 4:30 on the morning of July 31st, 
and climbed to the summit of Mt. Madison, 


HORSE-SHOE FALLS, NIAGARA. 
































14 


FROM DETROIT TO THE SEA 


arriving there at 9 a. m. They took dinner at 
9:45 in the greatest depression between Madi¬ 
son and Adams, and gained the summit of 
Adams at 11 a. m. The top of Jefferson was 
made at 1:30 p. m. and Clay at 2:20 p. m. 
The depression between Clay and Washing¬ 
ton, about 1,200 feet below the summit of the 
latter, was gained at 3:15 p. m., and the sum¬ 
mit at 4 p. m. ” 

“ About how far would that be in all ?” 

“ They estimated it at 16 miles, not count¬ 
ing the ups and downs.” 

‘ ‘ How about the ups and downs ? ” 

“The perpendicular ascent, as shown by a 
barometer carried by one of the party,* from 
the Glen House to the top of Madison, was 
3,600 feet; then 400 feet down in going to¬ 
wards Adams; 800 feet up again to the sum¬ 
mit of Adams ; then 750 feet down and 625 
feet up carried the party to the top of Jeffer- 
•son. To reach Clay, 675 feet down and 550 
up were necessary, while the final stretch to 
Washington required 150 feet down and 1,100 
up, or 8,650 feet of perpendicular ascent and ' 
descent traveled over the rough rocks without 
a path. The descent from the summit to the 
Glen House was 4,700 feet additional, or a 
total of 13,350 feet. They came down the road 
by carriage.” 

“ Tired any? ” 

“No, probably not.” 


* W. H. Brearley. 


PARTING ADVICE. 

“Did you stop long at Niagara Falls on 
your way back ? ” 

“ One day. It’s a pity that one can’t see the 
Falls on the American side at all without pay¬ 
ing admissions for entrance to either Prospect 
Park or Goat Island. On the Canadian side, 
however, in the neighborhood of the Clifton 
or Prospect Houses, the best general views to 
be found about the Falls are on exhibition 
free.” 

“I have heard that the hack drivers get a 
commission on the custom they take to the 
various places ; is that so? ” 

“ Ic7i weiss es nicht; but it may be prudent 
to arrange definitely with your hackman 
before starting, that the price to be paid shall 
include all admissions and tolls. Not only 
that, but you will need to specify what places 
you wish to go to, and arrange that he is to 
pay the toll and admission, for himself and 
liis team, at each place, otherwise it would be 
extra. We went down to the Whirlpool on 
the Canadian side, where they admitted us 
'free, ’ but charged us 50 cents each when we 
came out.' A r ou will have to pay for admis¬ 
sions and tolls, of course, but it is a little 
more satisfactory to make a definite bargain in 
advance. You will find that the Niagara 
Falls hackman is polite and accommodating, 
and the best guide that you can secure. It 
pays to take a carriage.” 









From 



I T would be difficult to find a native Ameri¬ 
can that does not intend some time to visit 
Europe, or to find one with whom such words 
as London, Edinburgh, Paris, Rome, Florence, 
Naples,, and kindred places, are not suggestive 
of all that is desirable and interesting in art, 
architecture and historical associations. 

If other arguments are needed to turn the 
thoughts and inclinations across the ocean, 
they may be found in such names as Shakes¬ 
peare, I)ante, Victor Hugo, Dickens, and Sir 
Walter Scott, for who does not intend, when 
in Europe, to visit the localities* made familiar 
by these and other favorite authors. 


thus reduce to the minimum the inconvenience 
of sea-sickness. 

Three excursions from Detroit to Liverpool 
and return to Detroit have been arranged via 
the steamers of the Dominion Line and Grand 
Trunk R. R., as follows: 

1st—Leaves Detroit via Grand Trunk R. R., 
June 13th or 14th, and leaves Quebec via 
steamer Sarnia, June 16th. 

2d—Leaves Detroit July 4th or 5th, and Que¬ 
bec via steamer Oregon, July 7th. 

3d—Leaves Detroit July 25th or 26th, and 
Quebec via steamer Sarnia, July 28th. 




It may be safely assumed, therefore, and 
without further discussion, that everybody ts 
going, and proceed to describe 

THE BEST WAY OF GOING, 

a duty and privilege made simple and easy, by 
reason of a special arrangement with the 
Dominion Line of steamers, by which, for an 
almost nominal amount, the ocean can be 
bridged in five days after leaving land, and 


* Dante’s Infernal regions are in Europe. Any dis¬ 
interested guide will guarantee the location,—for a 
franc. 


Tickets good for five months will be sold by 
W. II. Brearley for $150 for the round trip 
from Detroit to Liverpool and return to De¬ 
troit. The accommodations for the European 
tours will be first-class in every respect. The 
steamers are new, having been built exclusively 
for passenger traffic and just in time for this 
season’s pleasure travel. 

The staterooms are all “outer” and “amid¬ 
ships,” and have every modern convenience. 
This company has other steamers that carry 
cattle one way, (going east) and upon which 
equally good rooms could be obtained as low 































































































































































































































































16 


FROM DETROIT ACROSS THE SEA. 


as $100 for the round trip from Detroit, but 
they should not be confounded with the exclu¬ 
sive passenger steamers. 

The two exclusive passenger steamers are 
respectively the Sarnia and Or.egon, and are 
duplicates of each other in size (about 4,000 
tons) and arrangement of cabins, having been 
built in 1882, to class 100 A1 at Lloyd’s. 

About one-third of the length of these steam¬ 
ers is shown in the following plans. There 
are no staterooms in the bow or stern. 

No discrimination will be made between 
members of these excursion parties and regu¬ 
lar passengers. 

The accommodations are strictly first-class, 
and are not excelled by that of any line of 
steamers. 

At Liverpool the members of the excursion 
parties can have the choice of the following 
connecting tours, which can be secured by 
. calling at the office of Thos. Cook & Sons, 
No. 11 Ranelagh street, Liverpool. 

Route No. 1. 

First Class, $14.20. * Second Class, $9.40. 

Liverpool, by Midland Railway, to Buxton, Rows- 
ley (for Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall), Derby, 
Leicester, Bedford, St. Albans, London, returning by 
the Great Western Railway, through Windsor, Ox¬ 
ford, Warwick (for Stratford-on-Avon), Birmingham, 
Shrewsbury, Chester, Liverpool. 

Route No. 2 . 

First Class, $24.75. Second Class, $17.25. 

Liverpool, by the Midland Railway, to Buxton, 
Rowsley (for Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall), 
Derby, Leicester, Bedford, St. Albans, London, Ep¬ 
som, Portsmouth, Isle of Wight, Bognor, Worthing, 
Brighton, Eastbourne, St. Leonards, Hastings, Lon¬ 
don, the Crystal Palace, and return by the High 
Level (L. C. & D.) Route to London, thence via the 
Great Western Railway to Windsor, Oxford, Ban¬ 
bury, Warwick (for Stratford-on-Avon), Birming¬ 
ham, Shrewsbury, Chester, Liverpool. 

Route No. 3. 

First Class, $48.75. Second Class, $36.30. 

Liverpool to Bristol, Taunton, Exeter, Newton, Tor¬ 
quay, back to Newton, thence rail to Plymouth, 
Truro, Penzance to Land’s End and back, omnibus 
to Helston, Lizard and Kynance Cave back to Hels- 
ton, and thence to Falmouth, rail to Truro, Plymouth, 
Tavistock, Launceston, coach to Bude, Bude to Barn¬ 
staple, carriage to Ilfracombe and Lynton, thence 
steamer to Tortishead, and rail to Bristol, Gloucester 
Worcester, Birmingham, Warwick (for Stratford-on- 
Avon), Oxford, Windsor, London, the Isle of Wight 
and South Coast Tour, Crystal Palace, High Level 
Route, St. Albans, Bedford, Leicester, Derby, Rows¬ 
ley, Stockport, Liverpool. 

Route No. 4. 

First Class, $54.45. Second Class, $38.20. 

Liverpool, Skipton, Carnforth, Grange-over-Sands 
Ulverstone, Barrow. Furness Abbey, trip on Conis- 
ton Lake, Coniston Water, Ambleside, trip on Win¬ 
dermere to Bowness and Lakeside, and back, coach 
to Grasmere Lake, Thirlmere and Keswick, coach 
trip via Swinside to Buttermere, returnin via Honis- 
ter Crag and Pass, Bowder Stone, and Barrow Water¬ 
falls to Keswick, Derwentwater, rail to Penrith, coach 
to Pooleybridge, trip on Ullswater to Patterdale and 
back to Pooley Bridge, Penrith, rail to Glasgow 
thence for a trip on the Clyde to Oban (the Long 
Branch of Scotland), and back to Glasgow, and rail 
to Balloch Pier, Loch Lomond, Loch Katrine, Tros- 
sachs, Callander, Stirling, Edinburgh, Melrose (for 
Abbotsford), Carlisle-, Sheffield, London, Oxford, 


* In quotations for Second-Class fares, where the 
route include - travel on the Midland Railway of Eng¬ 
land, the tickets supplied are Third Class, there being 
no second class on this line. 


Warwick (for Stratford-on-Avon), Chester and Liver¬ 
pool. 

Route No. 5. 

First Class, $77.90. Second Class, $56.95. 

Liverpool, Glasgow to Ayr and back to Glasgow, 
thence to Sterling, Callander, The Trossachs, Loch 
Katrine, Loch Lomond, Balloch, Glasgow, thence to 
Oban via the Crinan Canal, a day trip, the Islands of 
Stoffa and Iona, and back to Oban, Ballachulich (for 
Glencoe), Banavie, Fort William, Caledonian Canal to 
Inverness, Dingwall, Auchnosheen, coach to Gairloch, 
steamer to Portree (Isle of Skyr), thence to Strome 
Ferry, Beanly and Inverness, thence to Elgin, Aber¬ 
deen, Ladybank, Perth, Broughty and Fifeshire to 
Edinburgh, Melrose for Abbotsford, Carlisle, Leeds 
(for York), Leicester, Bedford, St. Albans, London, 
the South Coast and Isle of Wight Tour, the Crystal 
Palace by the L. C. & D. Route, Windsor, Oxford, 
Warwick (for Stratford-on-Avon), Shrewsbury, Ches¬ 
ter, Liverpool. 

Route No. 6. 

First Class, $60.45. Second Class, $48.15. 

Liverpool, by the City of Dublin Steam Packet 
Company’s steamer to Dublin, Westport, jaunting 
car to Leenane, Clifden and Galway, rail to Limerick, 
Killerney (Lakes of), thence by coach to Kenmare, 
Glengariffe, Bantry and Dumoleague, thence rail to 
Cork (for Blarney Groves and Castle), and Water¬ 
ford steamer to Milford, via Great Western Railway 
through Gloucester and Oxford to London, thence to 
the Isle of Wight and South Coast Tour and back to 
London, trip to the Crystal Palace by the L. C. & D. 
Railway, and back to Liverpool by the Midland Rail¬ 
way via St. Albans, Bedford, Leicester and the Peak 
of Derbyshire District. 


Route No. 7. 

First Class, $78.85. Second Class, $62.70. 

Liverpool to Dublin, Belfast, Porteush (for Giant’s 
Causeway), Londonderry, Enniskillen (for Lough 
Erne), Bundoran, Donegal Bay, Sligo, Longford, Mul¬ 
lingar, Dublin, Athlone, Castlebar, Westport, jaunt¬ 
ing car to Leenane, Twelve Pins, Clifden, Galway, 
rail to Limerick (River Shannon), Killarney, and 
jaunting car by the Prince of Wales Route to Ken¬ 
mare, Glengariffe, Bantry Bay, and Drimoleague, rail 
to Bandon, Cork, Mallow, Tipperary, Clonmel. Water¬ 
ford, steamer to Milford, and by the Great Western 
Railway through Gloucester and Oxford to London, 
rail to Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, and South 
Coast Tour back to London, the excursion to the 
Crystal Palace by the High Level (L. C. & D. R’y) 
Route, and back to Liverpool by the Midland Rail¬ 
way through St. Albans, Bedford, the beautiful Derby¬ 
shire Peak District. 


Route No. 8. 

Embracing Ireland, Scotland, English Lake District , 
London, the Isle of Wight, and South Coast, 
and the West of England. 

First Class, $139.20. Second Class, $108.10. 

Liverpool, by City of Dublin splendid steamers, 
Dublin, Cork (for Blarney Castle and Groves), rail to 
Drimoleague, jaunting car to Bantry Bay, Glengariff 
Kenmare, Killarney, rail to Limerick, Ennis and Gal¬ 
way, jaunting car to Westport, through Clifden and 
Leenane, rail to Athlone, Mullingar, Dublin, Belfast 
I oi ti ush (for Giant’s Causeway), Londonderry 
steamer to Glasgow, Glasgow to Callander, through 
the Trossachs, Loch Katrine, Loch Lomond, Glasgow 
thence via the Crinan Canal to Oban, Isles of Staffa 
and Iona, the Caledonian Canal, Banavie, Fort Wil¬ 
liam, Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth, Broughtv 
and Fifeshire to Edinburgh, Melrose (for Abbots¬ 
ford), Carlisle, Appleby, rail to Penrith, Keswick, 
Derwentwater, coach to Thirlmere, Grasmere, Lake 
Rj dal Water, Ambleside, steamer on Windermere to 
Bowness, and Lakeside, rail to Grange-over-Sands, 
Carnforth Settle, Skipton, Leeds (for York), Sheffield 
Bedford, London the Isle of Wight and South Coast 
Tour the Crystal Palace (by the High Level Route), 
London. Windsor, Oxford, Warwick (for Stratford- 
on-Avon), Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Newton 
thence rail to Plymouth, Truro, Penzance, omnibus 
to Helston, Lizard and Kynance Cave, back to Hel 
ston, and thence to Falmouth, rail to Truro, Plymouth 
l avistock, Launceston, coach to Bude, Bude to Barn¬ 
staple, carriage to Ilfracombe and Lynton thence 










FROM DETROIT ACROSS THE SEA. 


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steamer to Portishead, and rail to Bristol, Gloucester, 
Worcester, Liverpool. 

Route No. 9. 

First Class, $ 53 . 85 . 

Second Class, Saloon Steamers, $ 37 . 80 . 

Liverpool, by Midland Railway, to London, Ant¬ 
werp, Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam, Utrecht, 
Cologne, The Rhine, Wiesbaden, Brussels, Paris, 
Rouen, Dieppe, Brighton, London, by Midland Rail¬ 
way to Liverpool, or vice versa. 

Route No. 10. 

First Class, $ 79 . 05 . Second Class, $ 58 . 35 . 

Liverpool, by Midland Railway, to London, Ant¬ 
werp, Brussels, Liege, Aix-la-Chapelle, Cologne, The 
Rhine, Mayence, Worms, Heidelberg, Strasbourg, 
Basle, Lucerne, Brunig Pass, Interlacken, Berne, 
Lausanne, Villeneuve, Vernayaz, The Tete Noir, 
Chamouny, Geneva, Macon, Dijon, Paris, Rouen, 
Dieppe, Brighton, London, by Midland Railway to 
Liverpool, or vice versa. 

Route No. 11. 

First Class, $ 129 . 85 . Second Class, $ 97 . 40 . 

Going via Splugen and returning via Simplon Pass, 
or vice versa. Liverpool, by Midland Railway, to 
London, Antwerp, Brussels, Cologne, The BLhine, 
Mayence, Worms, Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Munich, 
Lindau, Lake Constance, Coire, The Splugen Pass, 
Colico, Como, Verona, Venice, Florence, Rome, Leg¬ 
horn, Pisa, Genoa, Turin, Milan, Arona, The Simplon 
Pass, Brieg, Vernayaz, The Tete Noir, Chamouny, 


Geneva, Lausanne, Freiburg, Berne, Thun, Interlaken, 
The Brunig Pass, Lucerne, Basle, Paris, Rouen, 
Dieppe, Brighton, London, by Midland Railway to 
Liverpool, or vice versa. 

Route No. 12. 

First Class, $ 143 . 35 . Second Class, $ 107 . 05 . 

Liverpool, by Midland Railway, to London, steamer 
from Hull to Christiansand, Christiana, Laxa, Stock¬ 
holm, Gotha Canal, Gottenburg, Copenhagen, Kor- 
soer, Kiel, Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, Prague, Vienna, 
Salzburg, Munich, Lindau, Lake Constance, Zurich, 
Zug, .Lucerne, The Bernese Oberland, Interlacken, 
Thun, Berne, Lausanne, Geneva, Paris, Rouen. 
Dieppe, New Haven, London, Liverpool by Midland 
Railway. 

These connecting European tickets can only 
be secured at the office of Thos. Cook & 
Sons, No. 11 Ranelagh street, Liverpool, upon 
personal application, after arrival. 

Tourists, upon their arrival at Liverpool, 
should engage staterooms for the return pas¬ 
sage (no extra charge) at the office of the 
Dominion Line of Steamers, at Liverpool, 
as berths are sometimes secured weeks in 
advance. 

Tickets “From Detroit Across the Sea” and 
return are sold by W. H. Brearley, office 
Detroit (Mich.) Evening News. 

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Popular Summer Resorts. 


Alphabetically Arranged List of Popular Summer Resorts, showing the Connection 
with the Route of W. H. BREARLEY’S Excursions. 


The Adirondack Mountains “hi 

excursion route at Montreal - 74 miles to Plattsburg. 
Route —Branch of Grand Trunk R. R. to Rouse’s 
Point on Lake Champlain, thence by Delaware and 
Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Plattsburg, then take Au- 
sable Branch R. R. to Ausable, or take steamer 
from Plattsburg to Port Kent, or Westport, thence 
west by stage, t Fare— To Plattsburg, $2.90 ; to Port 
Kent, $3.40. Ticket Office— 143 St. James street, 
Montreal. 

§ Hotels and Boarding Houses. 
ELIZABETHTOWN. 

Mansion House.150 guests $2.50 per day $14 per wk 

Windsor.100 guests 2.50 per day 15. per wk 

Valley House.. .125 guests 2.00 per day 9 per wk 

KEENE VALLEY. 

Beede House_160 guests $2.50 per day $12 per wk 

Estes House_35 guests 1.50 per day 7 per wk 

Tahawus House 85 guests *.00 per day 8 per wk 

LUZERNE. 

Cascade House. 50 guests $_per day $.. per wk 

Cumberland_80 guests 3.00 per day 18 per wk 

Rockwell’s H’t’l 160 guests 2.50 per day 7 per wk 

PLATTSBURG. 

Fouquet House..100guests $2.50per day $17.50 perwk 

WESTPORT. 

Weed House_100 guests $2.00 per day $10 per wk 

The Adirondacks, New York, or the 
“ Wilderness of New York,” as it is called, is 
a fresh bit. of nature’s own work, about the 
size of the State of Connecticut, surrounded 

by a country of 
advanced civiliza¬ 
tion. Hunters can 
find plenty of wild 
game among the 
mountains, a n d 
pleasure-s eekers 
can satisfy them¬ 
selves a m o n g 
the villages which 
dot the shores of 
the lakes and riv¬ 
ers and sides of 
mountains. Artists 
could scarcely find 
better material for 
their canvas. The 
mountains are of 
course the chief attraction, and are little in¬ 
ferior to the White Mountains. There are 46 
named peaks, the highest, Mt. Marcy (Taha¬ 
wus), being 5402 feet high. Add to the mount¬ 
ains the picturesque accompaniment of 68 
lakes, which are plentifully interspersed 
wherever there is a place for one,, and a sug¬ 
gestion only is given of the attractions. 


Alionhlo phaem Distance-93 miles from the 
HlloCUJIu UIIClOllI excursion route at Montreal, 
and three miles from Port Kent. Route —Branch of 
Grand Trunk R. R. to Rouse’s Point, thence by Dela¬ 
ware and Hudson R. R. or steamer to Port Kent, 
thence three miles by stage. Fare— $3.00 to Port 
Kent. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Lake View... 200 guests $3.00 per day $20.00 per wk 

Ausable Chasm is the name given to the 
deep cut in the Adirondack Mountains through 
which the Ausable river flows, and which ex¬ 
tends from Birming¬ 
ham Falls nearly to 
Keeseville. It is of 
comparatively recent 
fame as a pleasure 
resort, little having- 
been known of it by 
the public, before 
1879. The river is 
narrow and the 
rocky sides so high 
and straight that the 
sun can scarcely pen¬ 
etrate to the bottom 
of the gorge. Boats, 
bridges, stairways, 
and galleries have 
been provided for 
the convenience of travelers, so that now its 
wild scenery can be enjoyed with conpara-, 
tively slight exertion. 

The rocks on the opposite sides of the chasm 
often show singular correspondences, where 
there is a projecting ridge on one side there 
will be a similar hollow opposite, and the 
strange forms into which the rocks have been 
shaped by the forces that wrought them have 
given them such names as the Devil’s Oven, 
Punchbowl, Pulpit and Easy Chair, Jacob’s 
Ladder, Mystic Gorge, Cathedral Rocks, etc. 
The Gorge is about two miles long and the 
entire length can be passed with the aid of 
boats. See advertisement, “Lake View 
Hotel.” 

Dnrk+nn Distance —From the excursion route at 
DUOlUll Portland, 108 miles. Route— Either by 
Eastern or Boston & Maine R. R. by land, or by Port¬ 
land Steam Packet Line, or International line of 
steamers by sea. Fare — $3.00 by R. R. Special 
Rates— Those who are able to identify themselves as 
members of the Detroit Evening News Excursion 
party, can obtain round trip tickets for $3.00. These 
tickets will be for sale only at the office of G. T. R. R. 
Ticket Agent at the depot, Portland. Good via rail or 
steamer’. 





















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POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS. 


Hotels 

American. 

Adams. 

Brunswick ... 350 

Evans. 75 

International. 200 

Parker.200 

Quincy.350 

Revere.250 

St. James.200 

Tremont.225 

United States. 500 
Vendome. 


and Boarding Houses. 

guests $.per day $ — per wk 

guests .per day _perwk 

guests 5.00 per day 35.00 per wk 
guests 3.00 per day 17.50 perwk 
guests European plan, 

guests European plan, 

guests 2.50 per day 15.00 perwk 

guests 3.00 per day _perwk 

guests 3.00 per day 17.50 per wk 
guests 4.00 per day 25.00 per wk 
guests 2.50 per day 12.00 per wk 
guests ...per day —perwk 


Boston, Mass., is the metropolis of New 
England, and is the second commercial city of 
the United States. The ground upon which 



it stands is irregular, the three principal hills 
being Beacon, Breed’s and Bunker, the last 
named giving its name to the celebrated monu¬ 
ment which marks the site of the battle fought 
between the American and the British forces 
in 1775. This stands in Charlestown, and 
from its top a magnificent view of the city and 
surrounding country, the harbor, with its islands 
and fortifications, the shipping, and on a clear 
day. even the distant mountain peaks of Maine 
and NewHampshire can be obtained. The Com¬ 
mon, the Public Gardens, the State House, 
with its gilded dome, the Post-Office, Faneuil 
Hall (the “Cradle of Liberty'’), Public Li¬ 
brary, Boston Museum, Boston Athenseum, 
Museum of Fine Arts, Society of Natural His¬ 
tory, Music Hall (containing the Great Organ), 
Old South Church, King’s Chapel, Tremont 
Temple, Trinity Church, and numerous other 
fine churches, halls, and beautiful buildings, 
all of which are located in Boston proper. In 
Charlestown, Bunker Hill monument and the 
large U. S. Navy Yard will well repay the vis¬ 
itor for a trip of half an hour by the horse 
cars. In Cambridge, reached in the same way, 
are Harvard University, the oldest and best en¬ 
dowed college in America ; the old elm under 


which Washington took command of the U. 
S. Army in 1775, known as the “ Washington 
Elm ” ; the home of the poet Longfellow, and 
farther west, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, a beauti¬ 
ful burial ground covering 100 acres. The 
whole country around Boston, as well as the 
coast both north and south, may be said to 
surpass almost any other place of equal extent 
in the country, for attractions of every kind. 
Steamers leave Rowe’s wharf, 340 Atlantic 
avenue, for Nantasket Beach, Hull, Downer’s 
Landing and Hingham. Fare, 25 cents each 
way. Steamer leaves India wharf for Nahant, 
25 cents each way. 

REVERE HOUSE, Bowdoin Square, Boston, is in 
one of the most central locations in the city, near all 
the principal business houses and theaters. Horse 
cars to and from all the depots and many of the 
points of interest in the immediate suburbs pass the 
door. CHARLES B. FERRIN, Proprietor. 

Chelsea or Revere Beach 

excursion route at Portland, 103 miles. Route— Eastern 
R. R. to Lynn, thence by Boston, Revere Beach & 
Lynn R. R. Fare —$2.95 to Lynn, and 15 cents to the 
beach. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Robinson Crusoe, 100 guests $2 per day $10 per wk 
Taft.guests.per day.perwk 


Chelsea Beach, Mass., is three miles long, 
fronts the East,has numerous boarding houses, 



and is much frequented by the less wealthy 
and fashionable classes of Boston and Lynn. 
The Bathing is fine, as the beach is smooth, 
gently sloping sand, without any undertow. 

PnllGOCOt Distance— From the excursion route 
UUlluboul at Portland, 130miles. Route — Eastern 
or Boston & Maine R. R. or steamer to Boston, thence 
by the South-shore branch of the Old Colony R. R. 
Fare — $3.55. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 


Bates’.guests $.. .per day $_perwk 

Hunt’s.guests per day _per wt 

Pleasant Beach_75 guests 3.00 per day 15.00 per wk 

Rockland.guests per day _perwk 

Rockville...guests — per day _per wk 

Smith's.40 guests 1.50 per day 8.00 per wk 


Cohasset is in Norfolk county, Mass., on 
the rocky shore of Pleasant Cove. Surf-bath¬ 
ing can only be enjoyed in exceptionally 

pleasant weath¬ 
er. The coast 
i s exceedingly 
rough, and the 
storm effects, as 
the waves dash 
upon the rocks, 
are gran d . 
Minot's Ledge 
Light-house is in 
the immediate 
neighborhood, and two miles away is Marsh¬ 
field, the home of Daniel Webster. 










































POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS. 


21 


nanp Fll7flhpth Distance— From the 
unpu L.IILCUJUMI Sion route at Portland. 
Route—By carriage only. Fare— 50 cents. 


excur- 

miles. 


Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Cape Cottage ... —40 guests $2 per day $12 per wk 
Ocean.guests .. per day ... per wk 


Cape Elizabeth, Maine, is really a part of 
Portland, and its hotels are reached by car¬ 
riages from the depot. It is on the south side 

of the city and has 
a nice little beach 
for bathing and 
boating, as well as 
rocky bluffs of vary¬ 
ing heights, which 
are very picturesque 
and in a storm the 
majesty of the ocean 
can be seen here to 
good advantage. On 
a prominent angle 
of the rocky shore 
stands the Portland 
light, 101 feet above 
the water. It is a 
fixed light, visible 
in clear weather for 
17 miles, and was 
erected in 1791. 

PfinPU Iclanrl For particulars see article on 
UUIICjf lolCIIIU ]s^ ew York City. This island 

is 9 miles from the city, and is divided into 
Manhattan and Brighton beaches. 

nilQhinp’Q kland Distance— From the excur- 
U U O IIIII 5 3 1 0101 1 U s i on route at Portland three 

miles. Route — Harbor steamer from Custom House 
wharf. Fare —25 cents. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Ottawa.175 guests $3.00 per day $15.00 per wk 

Cushing’s Island, Maine, is at the entrance 
to Portland harbor. On the side towards the 

sea the island is 
very rugged and 
precipitous while 
on the harbor side 
the land slopes 
gently down to 
the water. There 
are several good 
beaches on the 
island, giving the 
usual advantages 
for boating, bathing, etc. The end opposite 
the entrance to the harbor rises into a bold 
headland, called White Head, which presents 
a solid wall of rock to the sea, nearly 150 feet 
high. 

flotmit The starting point for the Brearley excur- 
UgITUII sions “From Detroit to the Sea,” and 
“From Detroit Across the Sea.” 


HOTELS. 

Antisdel ..._ .75 guests $2.00 per day $10.00 per wk 

Brunswick.150 guests 2.50 per day 17.00 per wk 

Cass.250 guests 2.00 per day 12.00 per wk 

Finney.75 guests 2.00 per day 10.50 per wk 

Franklin.150 guests 1.50 per day 10.00 per wk 

Griswold.100 guests per day 14.00 per wk 

Mich. Exchange. .200 gs’ts 2.50 per day 17.50 per wk 

Russell .250 guests 4.00 per day 28.00 per wk 

Rice. 40 guests 1.25 per day 7.00 per wk 




Detroit, the oldest city in the West as 
well as the commercial metropolis and largest 
city of Michigan, contains 140,000 inhabit¬ 
ants, is beautifully situated on the Detroit 



River, 18 miles from Lake Erie and 7 miles 
from lake St. Clair. Its eventful history and 
rapid development since the war make it a 
place well worthy the tourist’s study and 
inspection. 

It was first visited by the French in 1610, 
and remained in possession of that nationality 
until 1762. The first legitimate settlement was 
made in 1701, when Antoine de la Motte Cad- 
ilac erected Fort Pontchartrain. the nucleus 
of the present city, naming the place D’Etroit 
(the strait)—hence Detroit,—and became first 
governor of the territory. This fort was sim¬ 
ply a square stockade with blockhouse corners, 
the northwest corner of whifch must have been 
very near the site of the front of the present 
Michigan Exchange hotel. It originally occu¬ 
pied but about the space of one of the present 
city squares but ‘was doubled in size about 
1750, when the governor’s house occupied the 
site on which now stands the First National 
Bank. In 1763 the British took possession, 
and soon had trouble with the Indians, who 
had been on quite friendly terms with the 
French. Of the several tribes in the vicinity 
—Pottawottamies, Wyandots, and Ottawas— 
Pontiac, an Ottawa, was chief. His home 
was on Peach Island, near the Canada shore 
just above Belle Isle. Concluding that the 
British were inimical to his race, he decided to 
attack Detroit, and in July, 1763, a battle was 
fought, entailing a loss to the British of 25 
killed and 38 wounded. The only living wit¬ 
ness of this bloody scene is the “ Pontiac 
Tree,” which may be seen to-day old and 
scarred, in the Bloody Run hollow, a little to 
the right of Jefferson avenue going eastward, 
and about two miles from the center of the 
city ; passed regularly by the Jefferson avenue 
street cars. In 1778 the British built Fort 
Shelby, on the site now occupied by Whitney’s 
Opera House. 

The American flag first waved over Detroit 
1796, when the fort and town were evacuated 
by the British under the Jay treaty, and taken 
possession of by Capt. Potter of Gen. Wayne’s 
command. It remained in American hands 
until Hull’s surrender to Gen. Brock, August 
16, 1812; but the British only held it about 13 
months, for on Sept. 28. 1813, the Americans 
under Gen. McArthur again floated their flag 
from the fort staff, since which time it has 


































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POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS. 


continued American. Michigan being admit¬ 
ted as a state in 1837, with Detroit as the capi¬ 
tal. The central part of the present High 
School building served as the old State House. 



WHITNEY’S OPERA HOUSE. 


The Detroit of to-day will be a revelation to 
the tourist who has not visited the city for a 
decade or two. Its growth especialty during 
the past 20 years, has been wonderful. In that 
time it has about tripled its population by a 
natural, steady growth, not stimulated by any 
excitement, but accruing to the city because 
of its solid worth. The 
river at this point is 
about five-eighths of a 
a mile wide, and on 
the opposite side is 
the Canadian city of 
Windsor. The harbor 
is really the most per¬ 
fect on the whole chain 
of lakes. 

As a commercial cen¬ 
ter Detroit ranks high, 
with her nearly dozen 
lines of railroads cen¬ 
tering here. 

Among the principal 
buildings are: The City 
Hall, built at a cost of 
$600,000 ; two hand¬ 
some opera houses— 
the Detroit, situated 
on the Campus Mar 
tius, one of the largest 
and best appointed 
theatres west of New 
York; and Whitney’s 
on the corner of Fort 
and Shelby streets, 
which has its parquette 
and parquette circle on 
the ground fioor; the 
new "Music Hall, situ¬ 
ated on Randolph street near Monroe avenue 
which will seat an audience of 3,500, and the 
Public Library building, on Center Park com¬ 


pleted at a cost of $125,000 and with a well- 
stocked library of some 45,000 volumes. 

PUBLIC PARKS. 

Detroit has its principal public grounds 
upon Belle Isle in the centre of the river, and 
a park commission is improving its 800 acres, 
which are now largely covered by native for¬ 
est trees. A steamer runs at short intervals 
from the foot of Woodward avenue : fare 10 
cents. Among the Other parks might be men¬ 
tioned Linden Park, Recreation Park, Cass, 
Clinton, Centre, Joseph Campau, Grand Circus 
and several others. 

DIRECTIONS TO SIGHTSEERS. 

The best comprehensive view of Detroit can 
be obtained by ascending to the City Hall 
tower and using a good field glass. The broad 
avenues lined with shade trees ; the splendid 
harbor and river ; Fort Wayne on the river be¬ 
low the city, and points of interest for several 
miles about, can be taken in at a glance in this 
manner. To those who have more time, how¬ 
ever, and who care to “ take in ” more of the 
beauties of Detroit, a drive will be best. You 
can tell the driver to lay out the pleasantest 
route to such points of interest enumerated 
here as you care to visit, and make your bar¬ 
gain with him before starting. A visit to the 
Evening News press rooms, between 2:30 and 
5 p.m., when the daily circulation of 40,000 
copies is being printed, will be found interest¬ 
ing. September 1st an art loan exhibition 



DETROIT OPERA HOUSE. 


will be opened on Larned street, near Bates 
j street, and continue on consecutive days and 
| evenings during September and October. 





























































































POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS. 


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Ffirrv Rpanh Distance- 13 miles from the excur- 

l Uii; uuuuii sion route at Portland. Route— 
Boston & Maine R. R. to Old Orchard Beach, thence 
by the New Beach Railroad two miles. Fare — 45 
cents to Old Orch rd Beach. 


Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Bay View.200 guests $2.00 per day $10.00 per wk 

Ferry Beach, Me., is really a part of what 
was known as Old Orchard Beach, and is con¬ 
nected with it 
by a new nar- 
row gauge 
railroad that 
runs along the 
beach. The 
beach is one 
of the finest 
on the New 
England coast 
and the bath¬ 
ing unexcelled. 

PlnilPOOtoi' Distance — From the excursion route 
ulUUUuolul at Portland 80 miles. Route— East¬ 
ern R. R. to Beverly, thence by a branch of the East¬ 
ern R. R. Fare— $3.50. 



Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Atlantic. 50 guests $2.00 per day $12.00 per wk 

Bass Rock.150 guests 3.00 per day 15.00 per wk 

Belmont. 30 guests 1.50 per day 9.00 per wk 

Craig. 25 guests 1.50 per day 8 00 per wk 

Delphine. 65 guests 1.50 per day 8.00 per wk 

Ocean View_60 guests 2.00 per day 12.00 per wk 

Pavilion.150 guests 2.50 per day 12.00 per wk 

Webster. 50 guests 2.00 per day 8.50 per wk 


Gloucester is an old town, dating back to 
1624. Its places of interest are the granite 
quarries, Moving Rock, Bass Rocks, Norman’s 

Woe, etc. The 
latter place is 
mentioned in 
Long fellow’s 
poem, “The 
Wreck of the 
Hesperus.” 

This old 
town is on the 
point of land 
that extends 
into the ocean 
28 miles north 
east of Bos¬ 
ton. The ma¬ 
jority of sailing vessels engaged on “ The 
Banks ” in catching codfish sail from this port. 



Ll'llif'lV Distance — From the excursion route at 
M Cl 111 Ct X Portland, 440 miles by steamer or 686 miles 
from Quebec by railroad. Route —Steamer from foot 
of State street, Portland, or via Grand Trunk and 
Intercolonial R. R. from Quebec. Fare— $8.50 by 
steamer (meals and state-room extra), or $14.20 by 
railroad. 


Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Carlton.40 guests $1.50 per day $ 8.00 per wk 

Halifax.150 guests 2.00 per day 10.00 per wk 

International.guests 1.75 per day _perwk 

Waverly.60 guests 2.50 per day 15.00 per wk 


Halifax, Nova Scotia, population 30,000, 
and capital of the Province, is situated on 
Chebucto Bay, an inlet of the sea, and is pro¬ 
tected by 11 different fortifications. Its har¬ 
bor is six miles long by one wide, with enough 
water to float the largest ships. Twenty-four 


churches and 15 newspapers indicate the char¬ 
acter of the place. In 1749 it was the “pro¬ 
claimed capital ” of Acadia. 

UllHenn Qiiior Distance — From the excursion 
nUUoUII niVCl route at Montreal 240 miles to 
Albany. Route — From Montreal take branch of 
Grand Trunk R. R. to Rouse’s Point, thence by 
steamer through Lake Champlain to White Hall, 
thence by railroad to Albany: or, from Portland, take 
Eastern or Boston & Maine R. R. to Boston, thence 
Rail and steamers to New York city. Fare — $8.70 
from Montreal to Albany, thence $2.00 to New York 
city; or, $3.00 from Boston. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Catskill.4Q0 guests $3.00 per day $18.00 per wk 

Grant. 300 guests 3.00 per day 18.00 perwk 

Kaaterskill .. 1,000 guests 3.50 per day 20.00 per wk 
Prospect.450 guests 3.00perday 18.00perwk 

The Hudson River— the pride of Eastern 
New York—has too well established a reputa¬ 
tion in history, song and romance to need 



introduction here, and from its source among 
the Adirondacks to its entrance to the sea, its 
scenes are full of interest and beauty. The 
waters and shores are as beautiful as the 
Rhine, and are even preferred by some who 
have seen both, while its associations, though 
not reaching back so many centuries, are no 
less tragic and entrancing. The River varies 
in width and its shores are greatly diversified, 
being in some places only rounded grassy 
banks, in others bare perpendicular walls of 
rock, like the Palisades, while in its upper 
course and in the vicinity of West Point they 
rise into lofty mountains that stand with their 
feet in the blue water. All along the lower 
river the banks are dotted with the palatial 
residences of the wealthy, surrounded by the 
parks and pleasure grounds belonging to them, 
while every few miles the scene is varied by 
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smoking chimneys. Neither the tourist in 
search of “sights,” nor the more leisurely 
traveller who wanders for rest and pleasure, 
can sail down this magnificent river without 
feeling the influence of the great lives associ¬ 
ated with its scenes; scenes once familiar as 
the daylight to eyes that have passed beyond 
the power of earthly charms. Washington 
was often here, and on the banks of the Hud¬ 
son lived sweet Mary Phil ipse, his first love. 
The old stone mansion that was her home is 
still standing at Yonkers, 17 miles above New 
York, where it was built in 1682. “Sunny- 
side,” the pretty cottage that was Irving’s 
home, stands close to the river, near the vil¬ 
lage of Irvington, but it is so embowered in 
trees and the thick growth of ivy that Irving 
planted from slips given him by Sir Walter 
Scott at Abbottsford, that it can scarcely be 
seen from the river. The homes of many other 
authors have been on the Hudson, among them 
N. P. Willis, the poet Drake, and Miss War¬ 
ner. The whole river is teeming wfitli memo¬ 
ries of the Revolution, and the thoughtful will 
find much of interest in both the past and 
present of this noble river. 

Hinphrtm Distance —From the excursion route at 
IIIII^MUIM Portland 120 miles. Route — Eastern or 
Boston & Maine R. R. to Boston, thence by steamer 
to Rowe’s wharf, 340 Atlantic avenue, or by South 
Branch of the Old Colony R. R. Fare —$3.39. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Cushing.75 guests $2.25 per day $10.00 per wk 

Rose Standish..200 guests 3.50 per day 17.50 per wk 

Hingham is 
in Norfolk Co., 
Mass., on Mas¬ 
sachusetts Bay, 
17 miles south¬ 
east of Boston. 
The town was 
settled in 1685, 
and the old 
meeting-house, 
still standing, 
w r as erected in 
1660. The ride 
down Boston 
harbor to Hing- 
ham by steamer 
is most delight¬ 
ful. 

Hampton Beach 

miles. Route — Eastern R. R. to Hampton Station, 
thence by carriage three miles to the beach. Fare— 
$2.40 to Hampton. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Atlantic.100 guests $2.50 per day $14.00 per wk 

Boar’s Head.. .200 guests 3.00 per day 15.00 perwk 
HamptonBt ach 75 guests 2.00 per day 11.00 per wk 
Granite House. .40 guests 2.00 per day 11.00 per wk 
Ocean House.. 100 guests 2.50 per day 14.00 per wk 
Union House_40 guests 2.00 per day 9.50 per wk 

Hampton Beach, N. H., is one of the 
choicest points of New Hampshire’s 20 miles 
of seacoast, and presents all the advantages to 
be desired by those who seek recreation at 
the seaside. The beach is a fine, hard stretch 



of white sand two miles long, with a few 

patches of smooth 
rocks that are cover¬ 
ed at high tide, and 
among which can be 
found, when the tide 
is out, some of the 
coarser varieties of 
salt water algae, speci¬ 
mens of star-fish, sea- 
urchins, etc. The high¬ 
est point on this beach 
is a rocky promontory 65 feet high, called 
Boar’s Head. 

I _ -L PL.-I- Distance— From the excur- 

ISI8S OT OnUdlS Sion route at Portland, 70 
miles. Route —Eastern or Boston and Maine R. R. to 
Portsmouth, thence 10 miles by steamer. Fare ,— 
$ 2 . 10 . 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Appledore. .400 guests $3.50 per day $18.50 per wk 
Oceanic... 400 guests 3.50 per day 18.50 per wk 

The Isles of Shoals, N. H., are a group 
of eight rocky and picturesque islands, situ¬ 
ated ten miles from the mainland of New 

Hampshire opposite 
Portsmouth. The 
little steamer “ Ap¬ 
ple d o r e ” leaves 
Portsmouth twice 
each day, viz: at 11 
a. m. and 6 p. m., 
distance, 10 miles ; 
round trip, $1.00. 
Appledore is the 
name of the largest 
island of the group, 
and is the native 
place of Mrs. Celia 
t, the author- 
. contains 800 
f land, and 
j is situated 
Ippledore 
House. Next fol¬ 
lows Smutty- Nose or Haley’s Island, and 
one-fourth of a mile beyond is Star Island 
upon which the elegant Oceanic Hotel is 
situated. Then on the west is rough and 
shapeless Londoner’s Island; and two miles 
further on lies Duck Island. White Island 
contains a noted light-house, and is considered 
the most beautiful of the islands. It lies a 
mile southwest from Star Island. ' 

I O|(P Phamnlain Distance —From the ex cur- 

LC1IYG U11 Cl 1111J! Cl III sion route at Montreal, 60 
miles. Route— Take branch of the Grand Trunk R. 
R. to Rouse’s Point, thence by railroad or steamer to 
Plattsburgh, N. Y. Fare— $2.90. 

Plattsburgh Hotels. 

Cumberland. 80 guests $3.00 per day $18.00 per wk 
Fouquet.100 guests 3.00 per day 14.50 per wk 

Lake Champlain, N. Y., has its attrac¬ 
tions for the antiquarian; memories of the early 
history of our country cluster around it but 
are connected with the Revolution more than 
with the earlier war. The ruins of old Fort 
Ticouderoga are plainly visible from the lake 
steamer. This was the strongest and most 



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Lake 


costly fortification in the United States at the 
time of the Revolution, having been built by 
the French while they yet held possession of 
Canada, at a cost of over a million of dollars. 
Plattsburgh has also its revolutionary memo¬ 
ries and associations. Lake Champlain was 
one of the earliest, if not the first, inland 
water on this continent navigated by Euro¬ 
peans. Within thirty years from the landing 
of Columbus in the West Indies, Jacques Car- 
tier. a Frenchman, had discovered the great 
gulf and river of Canada, but it was not until 
April 10th, 1609, that Samuel de Champlain 
set out from Quebec in his Chaloupe, passing 
up the St. Lawrence and thenbe up the Rich¬ 
elieu river, arriving at the falls of Chambly in 
June. With the help of sixty Indians, his 
twenty-four canoes were carried around the 
rapids, and with them he set out from the foot 
of the rapids, July 2d. On the morning of 
the 4th of July, he entered the beautiful water 
which still bears his name. 

RpnrgP Distance — From the excursion 
uv,u, O u route at.Montreal to Baldwin, 150 
miles. Route— Branch of the Grand Trunk R. R. to 
Rouse’s Point, thence by the Delaware and Hudson 
R. R. to Plattsburgh, N. Y., thence by steamer across 
Lake Champlain to Baldwin on the north end of Lake 
George. Fare — $6.35. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Crosbyside.250 guests $2 per day $13 per wk 

Ft. Wm. Henry. ...800 guests 3 per day 17 per wk 

Lake George, N. Y. Almost all of us who 
have grown old enough to enjoy pleasure-travel 
once learned in geographies that ‘ ‘Lake George 

is noted for its 
beautiful scenery 
and the clearness 
of its waters.” 
This gives but the 
vaguest idea of its 
real beauty and 
grandeur, not a 
cultivated beauty 
like the scenery of 
the Southern 
Hudson, b u t 
grand and wild. 
In some remote 
age giant forces 
tore apart the 
mountains that, 
standing thus, 
form a narrow 
gorge, and the 
crystal lake lies 
there like a glit¬ 
tering jewel, re¬ 
flecting with ex¬ 
actness every 
wrinkled r 
and green 
There is no 
beach 



along 


o c k 
tree, 
level 
the 


greater part;of^the lake, the mountains rising 
directly from the water, but here and there 
along its length, a little plateau, or a narrow 
strip of shore overlooking some quiet bay or 
lovely group of islands has been occupied by 
a fine summer hotel, whose guests flock to the 



landing to behold the one event of the day, 
the passing of the steamer. The lake is 38 
miles long by an average of 3 miles wide. 


Kennebunkport 


Distance— From the excursion 
. route at Portland, 23 miles. 
Route— Boston and Maine R. R. Fare— $ .69, 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Beach.75 guests $1.50 per day $ 8.00 per wk 

Cliff. 50 guests 2.00 per day 10.00 per wk 

Glen House ... 75 guests 2.00 per day 10.50 per wk 
Ocean Bluff.. .200 guests 3.00 per day 19.50 per wk 
Parker House. 100 guests 2.00 per day 9.00 per wk 
Sea View House.. .guests 1.50 per day 9.00 per wk 

Kennebunkport, Maine. The sea coast at 
this place will be found 
to be convenient^ divid¬ 
ed into beach and crags 
with excellent sea views. 
All that can be said in 
favor of many other pop¬ 
ular resorts can be dupli¬ 
cated here. 

Distance— From the Excursion route at Port¬ 
land, 97 miles. Route — Eastern R. R. Fare — 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Kirtland.40 guests $2.00 per day $10.00 per wk 

Rea Rock.40 guests 2.50 per day 15.00 per wk 

Sagamore.80 guests 2.00 per day 10.00 per wk 

Lynn, Mass., is only 11 miles from Boston, 
and is almost like a suburb of that city, so 
frequently are the trains passing back and 
forth. It is connected 
with Boston by the main 
line and a branch of the 
Eastern R. R., and by a 
narrow gauge road along 
the beach, which runs 
trains every hour to and 
from East Boston, as 
well as by a line of horse 
cars. Every one knows that Lynn’s specialty 
is the manufacture of shoes; but every one 
may not be aware that the Lynn beach is a 
fine, smooth beach, delightful for driving at 
low tide, and safe for bathing, as the slope is 
gradual and there is no undertow. The shoe 
trade of Lynn dates back to 1750, when it was 
established by a Welshman named' Dagyr. 
The first iron foundry in this country was also 
built in Lynn, and the first article cast, an 
iron dinner-pot, is still preserved in the city. 
No visitor to Lynn should fail to ascend High 
Rock, which rises from near the center of the 
city to a height of 185 feet. 



Martha’s Vineyard 


Distance— From the ex¬ 
cursion route at Port¬ 
land, 179 miles. Route — Eastern or Boston & Maine 
R. R., or either of the two lines of steamers tQ Bos¬ 
ton, thence either by a steamer direct from- 

wharf, or by the Oid Colony R. R. to Wood’s Hole, 
thence 7 miles by steamer across Vineyard Sound. 
Fare —$5.70. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

$11.00 per wk 


Atlantic.... 

... .30 guests $2.00 per day 

Baxter .... 

.guests 


Central .... 

.guests 


Island. 


... .per day 

Mattakeset. 

.guests 

.... per day 

Pawnee. 

...140 guests 

2.50 per day 

Sea-View... 

... .30 guests 

2.00 per day 

Sea-side. 

.guests 

... .per day 

Vineyai’d ... 

.guests 

....per day 





European plan. 


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Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., is an island 25 
miles long by 12 wide, and lies about five miles 
off the main land. The island constitutes the 

whole of 
Duke’s 
county, 
Mass. It 
has a per- 
m a n e n t 
popula¬ 
tion of 
about 
4,000, was 
discovered 
in 16 0 2, 
and settled 
in 16 42; 

was an important naval station during the 
Revolutionary war, and was as wholly devoted 
to the fishery interests in 1840 as in 1883 it is 
to. camp-meetings and “summer-resorting.” 
The first point of interest on the island is Oak 
Bluff, near which the Methodist and Baptist 
camp-meetings are held in August. Six miles 
east of Oak Bluff, and connected with it by a 
narrow-gauge railroad, is Edgarton, a neat vil¬ 
lage, where are located the county buildings. 
A fine harbor, a light-house, and a pier 1,000 
feet long, are among the attractions. The 
third point worthy of visiting is Catama Bay, 
next beyond Edgarton. Besides these, tour¬ 
ists should visit East Chop Light, Vineyard 
Haven and Gayhead, the latter a bluff on the 
west end of the island. Blue fish are caught 
in great abundance near the island, and other 
kinds of coast fish are found among the reefs. 

Besides the natural and social attractions of 
the island, the Martha’s Vineyard Summer 
Institute draws together for five weeks in July 
and August, several hundred teachers and 
amateurs in literature and science, who assem¬ 
ble to listen to the instruction of twenty or 
more of the best professors in their several 
departments. The range of study attains 
almost the magnitude of a University. The 
Institute is an incorporated organization, hav¬ 
ing a handsome building specially erected for 
its use, which is likely to be enlarged for the 
session of 1883. During the session of 1882, 
the Institute consisted of 23 professors, 7 
assistants, and 322 students assembled from 
nearly all the States of the Union. [Descrip¬ 
tive circulars may be had of B. W. Putnam, 
Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.] 

For all persons attending this summer Insti¬ 
tute from regions west and south of Pitts¬ 
burgh, the Brearley Excursions offer a great 
reduction in the cost of travel, besides the 
charm of a trip down the St. Lawrence, and 
the interest of a visit to Montreal, Quebec, the 
White Mountains, Portland and Boston. 

Manchester-by-the-Sea 

route at Portland, 95 miles. Route— Eastern R. R. to 
Beverly, 90 miles; thence five miles by the Gloucester 
Branch R. R. Fare— $2.95. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Masconomo.250 guests $3.50 per day $30.00 per wk 

Manchester.30 guests t.50 per day 7.00 per wk 


Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., is 25 miles 
northeast of Boston and overlooks Massa¬ 
chusetts Bay. One sitting on the verandah of 



one of the pretty little Swiss cottages can see 
the dim outline of land running away out to 
Cape Cod, and nearer hear the music of the 
sand as the waves gently disturb it, for it is 
here that you find the noted “Singing 
Beach.” 

MnnUHnn n A . A i, For particulars see 

Manhattan D8acn article on New York 

city. It is one of the Coney Island beaches. 

MnntrOQl Distance—Yv om Detroit, 564 miles, one 
IvlUllll Cdl of the places visited by the excursion. 
Route —Grand Trunk R. R. by rail, or by rail to Kings¬ 
ton, thence by St. Lawrence River steamers. Fare — 
$15.00 for one way from Detroit, if tourist does not 
have one of W. H. Brearley’s excursion tickets. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Albion.200 guests $2.00 per day $10.00 per wk 

Ottawa.300 guests 2.50 per clay 14.00 per wk 

Richelieu.200 guests 2.00 per day 10.00 per wk 

St.Lawrence... 200 guests 2.50 per day 14.00 per wk 

Windsor.500 guests per day per wk 

Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, is 
one of the points visited by the excursion. It 
takes its name from the mountain at whose 

base it stands. The 
city is situated on an 
island of the same 
name, at the junction 
of the dark Ottawa 
with the St. Lawrence, 
and its railroad com¬ 
munication with the 
world is obtained by 
the Victoria Bridge, 
the bridge at St. Ann’s 
(both belonging to the 
Grand Trunk Rail¬ 
way), and the bridges to the northwest, of the 
Montreal and Occidental Railway. The pop¬ 
ulation is estimated at 180,000, of which three- 
fifths are French Canadian, and the remainder 
of English, Irish and Scotch descent. It is 
calculated that there are 30,000 Irish Catholics 
in Montreal. 

The massive stone docks, extending for mile 
after mile along the river front, from the colos¬ 
sal outlet of the Lachine Canal to Hochelaga, 
were built when the maritime importance of 
the port was in its infancy ; and it was an in¬ 
vestment which has* repaid itself many thou¬ 
sands of times. Before the revetment wall was 
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POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS. 


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on the break-up of the ice in the spring; 
the wall now forms a barrier, while the dock 
system, as a whole, is the most magnificent on 
the continent, and surpassed by but two or 
three others on the globe. Whole fleets of 
ocean steamships arrive, discharge and load 
here every year, as do sailing vessels without 
number. Montreal obtained this great com¬ 
merce by the energy of her citizens, who went 
to work and dug a channel through the flats 
of Lake St. Peter. Forty years ago it was a 
dangerous thing for ships of 300 tons to move 
up to Montreal. Now steamships of 4,000 
tons steam up and down the channel almost 
every day in the week. 

The site of Montreal was 
the property of the Semin¬ 
ary of St. Sulpice. The 
land was granted the semin¬ 
ary by the king of France, 
and not a foot has the sem¬ 
inary let go except upon the 
church’s own terms—never 
unfavorable to itself. Out¬ 
side of this the church owns, 
it is estimated, $12,000,000 
worth of property within 
the corporate limits of Mon¬ 
treal. The Church of Notre 
Dame is an immense struc¬ 
ture, with accommodations 
for 8,000 worshippers easi¬ 
ly, and 12,000 at a pinch. 

It was commenced in 1824. 

The interior has just under*- 
gone a gorgeous process of 
painting in the Byzantine 
style. Every inch of the 
edifice has been hand paint¬ 
ed in countless designs, at 
immense cost. The decora¬ 
tions of the church are su¬ 
perb, and a statue of the 
Virgin, to the right of the 
grand altar, will well repay 
inspection. Vastness is the 
characteristic of this fane in 
every respect. In the west¬ 
ern tower is hung the largest 
bell on the continent, the 
“ Gros Bourdon.” This 
monster, weighing over ten 
tons, has a mouth so capa¬ 
cious that 30 men might 
stand under it, and it re¬ 
quires the strength of 16 
men to ring it. The Semina¬ 
ry of St. Sulpice adjoins the 
Parish Church. On its front is a queer old 
clock which rings the hours, halves and quar¬ 
ters. The old gate of the seminary still re¬ 
mains, with the monogram A. M. (Ave Maria) 
over it; but the glory of the place is departed, 
so far as the work of the seminary is concerned, 
to the “priest’s farm,” or Monklands, where 
the college is now located. The land was too 
valuable to keep for college purposes, and so 
was sold off, until little now remains but the 
church, the presbytery, and the seminary 


gardens. In Victoria Square, a very handsome 
park, is a statue of Queen Victoria, by Mar¬ 
shall Wood, for which the city paid $10,000. 
Victoria Square was, in 1877, the scene of the 
Orange riot. 

Victoria Square practically divides the busi¬ 
ness part of Montreal from “ GrifAntown,” 
the quarter most inhabited by the opponents 
of Orangeism. To the left, as we cross Craig 
street, we find the superb building of the 
Young Men’s Christian Association. The Y. 
M. C. -A. of Montreal is the parent society of 
the world, having been founded in 1551. It 
is now housed in a Gothic building which cost 
$50,000. Leaving the hall and passing along 


Radegonde street, we arrive at the foot of 
Beaver Hall Hill, so called because the Hud¬ 
son Bay Company in the good, old, fur-trading 
days, had their headquarters here. There are 
some, however, who call it Piety Hill, from 
the churches marking its ascent. First we 
have Zion Church, Congregational, then the 
Church of the Messiah, Unitarian, looking 
considerably, in some aspects, like the bartizan 
of a mediaeval castle. Across the street is the 
First Baptist Church, and opposite it St. 



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Andrew’s, built on the model of Salisbury 
Cathedral. As we move along in,this district 
we begin to understand why Montreal has been 
called “ a city of churches,” for one is met at 
almost every step. Thus, as you go along 
Dorchester street, after you pass to the right 
the costly palatial quarters of the St. James’ 
Club, you are face to face with St. Paul’s 
Church (Presbyterian), a tine specimen of the 
decorated Gothic, where Rev. John Jenkins, 
father of the celebrated author of ‘ ‘ Ginx’s 
Baby,” preaches to an aristocratic congrega¬ 
tion. In a vast square contiguous to St. 
Paul’s is in process of erection a temple which 
will be, when completed, one of the wonders 
of the continent. It is the Cathedral of St. 
Peter, and is being built on the model of St. 
Peter’s at Rome, but one-fourtli the size. 
More time might be devoted to churches, but 
we must close with a visit to the Church of 
the Gesu, or Jesuits’ Church, on Bleury street. 
The Jesuits, in spite of all attempts to prevent 
them gaining foothold in Canada, have suc¬ 
ceeded in recovering the ground they lost at 
the Conquest, and have now practically gained 
control over the Catholic education in Lower 
Canada. Their church in Montreal is famous 
for its frescoes, executed by a great Italian 
artist. The fane is, to express much in a few 
words, a veritable art gallery, in which hours 
may be spent in the study of grand concep¬ 
tions. There are in all some 8U churches in 
Montreal and numerous missions. The church 
property, Catholic and Protestant, is estimated 
at $20,000,000. 

The most enjoyable use of time to be made 
is an afternoon drive to Mount Royal Park. 
The mountain furnishes Montreal, in the lan¬ 
guage of Lord Duiferin, the tinest park in the 
world. From a held, broken up with gentle 
ascents, a road, winding by ways which pre¬ 
sent beauty at every turn, has been cut and 
made so that a hill, once only accessible to the 
stoutest and most indomitable climber, is now 
easily reached to its summit by a carriage and 
pair. The roadway is superb, and when the 
summit is reached, what a vision ! There 
stretches away the dreamy length of the 
St. Lawrence, islanded as far as the eye can 
reach. The Catskills are in the distance, and 
the tips of the Green Mountains. Nearer are 
the humps of Montarville and Bolceil, while 
to the north may be seen rising the blue hills 
of the Laurentides. The city lies at the foot, 
humming with busy industry. Near by, 
hewn out of the eternal rock, are the immense 
reservoirs from which Montreal draws her 
daily 40,000,000 gallons of water, and from 
here all her institutions of learning are visible. 
There, for instance, at the base ot the mount¬ 
ain is McGill University, famous throughout 
the world, through its principal, Dr. Dawson, 
the great scientist, who has devoted his life to 
the advocacy of God in science. The Presby¬ 
terian Theological College occupies a pictur¬ 
esque position upon the breast of the hill. 

The drive around the mountain is about 
nine miles long, and will take you over a good 
deal of historic ground. It will take you past 


the Mount Royal Cemetery, one of the most 
splendid cities of the dead in the world, and 
the Cote des Neiges Cemetery, where lie under 
a pompous monument, the bones of those 
whom the British government found necessary 
to hang after the rebellion of 1837. These 
cemeteries lie in gentle, silent valleys between 
the mountains, where there is never sound of 
human strife. 

The Victoria bridge is a work completed by 
the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Can¬ 
ada. It connects Pointe St. Charles with the 
southern shore. The bridge is 90 feet short of 
being two miles long. It is a tubular bridge, 
resting upon 24 piers, so built as to resist the 
pressure of ice, the center pier being 156 feet 
in height to permit the passage of steamers. 
The cost was some $8,00U,000, and the loss of 
life during its construction was considerable. 
It was designed by the great Stephenson, and 
carried to a completion by Sir Morton Peto. 
As a bridge it has no equal in the world. 

A day, at least, should be spent at Montreal 
on the return trip. 

Mt riocort lolnnrl Distance —From the excur- 
■VI!■ UCouI l lolctllU sion route at Portland, 110 
miles. Kouie —Portland, Bangor and Machias line of 
steamers leave Friday at *11 p. m. Time taken in 
going, from 10 to 12 hours. Fare—% 4.00; state rooms 
and meals are extra. State rooms range from $1.50 
to $3.00. Breakfast and supper are 50 cents each. 
Dinner, 75 cents. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses at Bar Harbor. 

Atlantic.125 guests $2.50 per day $15.00 per wk 

Agamont. 40 guests -per day _per wk 

Birch Tree.guests per day _per wk 

Belmont. 60 guests -2.00 per day 12.00 per wk 

Deering.guests — per day _per wk 

Grand Central..130 guests 2.00 per day 12.00 per wk 

Green Mountain .. guests _per day _per wk 

Hotel Des Hes.. 45 guests 2.00 per day 13.00 per wk 

island. 75 guests 1.75 per day 8.00 per wk 

Bynan.100 guests 1.75 per day 12.00 per wk 

Lookout. 45 guests 1.50 per day 9.00 per wk 

Newport. 50 guests 1.75 per day 12.00 per wk 

Bodick.160 guests 2.00 per day 14.00 per wk 

Bockaway. 85 guests 2.50 per day 15.00 per wk 

St. Sauveur.guests per day _per wk 

Wayside. 35 guests 1.50 per day 8.75 per wk 

West End.160 guests 3.00 per day 18.00 per wk 

South West Harbor. 

Atlantic.100 guests 2.00 per day 10.00 per wk 

Freeman.40 guests 1.50 per day 8.00 per wk 

Island House. .125 guests 2.00 per day 10.00 per wk 

Ocean.100 guests 2.00 per day 10.00 per wk 

Stanley.40 guests 1.50 per day 8.00 per wk 

Mount Desert Island, Maine, is 18 miles 
long and about 12 in breadth, and joined to 
the mam land by Trenton Bridge. Champlain 
named the place “Mount Desert” on account 
of its rude solitudes. Its early history is full 
of romantic interest. Approaching from Port¬ 
land, the first landing point on Mt. Desert is 
Southwest Harbor. The approach from the 
sea is grand and the scenery about the Sound 
is full of varied picturesqueness. Delightful 
drives and rambles may be had, especially 
northward round the head of Somes Sound, 
which nearly bisects the Island. Leaving 
Somesville the tourist will, by an hour’s drive, 
reach the westerly slope of Green Mountain, 
about 2,000 feet high. A road leads to the 
summit. Of the exquisite beauty of the scene 
thus presented, Whittier has given a picture 
in the legend of his “ Mogg Megone.” Mt. 




















POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS. 


Katahdin, Camden Mountains and Mt. Desert 
Rock are plainly seen. At Bar Harbor, also 
upon the island, 15 miles from Southwest 



Harbor are 16 hotels. There are also 40 cot¬ 
tages which are rented to visitors during the 
summer months. The scenery about Bar Har¬ 
bor is enchanting. Four miles from Bar Har¬ 
bor southerly, at Schooner head, are Spouting 
Horn and Devil's Oven ; the one a cleft in the 
crag, through which, during an easterly gale, 
the sea spouts with terrific force, and the other 
a huge cavern, which should be visited at low 
water. Mr. W. F. Milliken, Portland, is pres¬ 
ident of the line of steamers, and may be cor¬ 
responded with by any one intending to visit 
the island. 

MnntnnLnt Distance— From the excursion route 
ndniUUlVcl at Portland, 209 miles. Route — East¬ 
ern or Boston & Maine R. R. or either of the two lines 
of steamers to Boston, thence by the Old Colony R. 
R. to Wood's Hole, thence seven miles by steamer to 
Martha’s Vineyard across Vineyard Sound, thence 30 
miles to Nantucket. Fare— $6.60 from Portland, or 
$10.50 for the round trip. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Ocean.200 guests $3.00 per day $16.00 per wk 

Sherburne .. .150 guests 2.50 per day 12.50 per wk 
Springfield.. .200 guests 2.00 per day 11.00 per wk 


Nantucket is an island of an irregular 
form, 16 miles long from east to west, and 
about four miles wide, lying 30 miles south¬ 



east of Martha’s Vineyard, which is reached 
by daily steamer. The island was discovered 
in 1602 and settled in 1659, and according to 
local tradition, when the first proprietor died. 


his daughter Nan iook-it. Her race has not 
decreased, for there are now over 4,000 inhab¬ 
itants, chiely engaged in farming and fishing, 
and serving tourists as boarding-housekeepers. 
The old and very extensive industry of whal¬ 
ing has succumbed to King Kerosene, but the 
fame and name of the island stand in no dan¬ 
ger of being lost, for the climate in summer is 
remarkably cool, and it has become a favorite 
summer resort, the sea bathing facilities being- 
unsurpassed. 

Marrapancott Pior Distance —From the ex- 
niCil! UquIIoG ll I I Cl cursionroute at Portland, 
178 miles. Route —Eastern or Boston and Maine R. 
R., or either of the two lines of steamers to Boston, 
thence south by the Providence R. R., via Providence, 
R. I. Bare— $3.50. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Atwood.guests $— per day $.per wk 

Atlantic.125gue.~ts 2.50 per day 16.00 per wk 

Continental.guests — per day .per wk 

Columbus. 80 guests 3.00 per day 16.00 per wk 

Delevan.100 guests 2.50 per day 18.00 per wk 

Elmwood.guests — per day .per wk 

Metatoxet.150 guests 3.00 per day 17.50 per wk 

Matthewson.guests .... per day .per wk 

Massasoit.150 guests 3.00 per clay 15.00 per wk 

Mount Hope.guests — per day .per wk 

Narragansett .. .. guests .... per day .per wk 

Ocean.100 guests 2.50 per da.y 18.00 per wk 

Sea View.guests — per day .... per wk 

Tower Hill.guests per day .per wk 

Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, lies 
seven miles southwest and across Narra¬ 
gansett Bay 
from N e w- 
port, between 
which places 
steamers 
make several 
trips daily. 
Those inter¬ 
ested in this 
place claim 
for it the 
finest of bath¬ 
ing, boating, 
a n d fishing 
facilities. 

AlnUnnt Distance —¥rom the excursion route at 
Ifnllani Portland, 98 miles— Route— Eastern R. R. 
to Lynn, thence by carriage four miles. -Far*—$2.95 
to Lynn and $1 00 for carriage. 

• Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Whitney.40 guests $2.00 per day $10.00 per wk 

Hood Cottage.. 50 guests 3.00 per day 20.00 per wk 

Nahant, Mass., can only be reached by. 
carriage from Lynn. It was once the most 
fashionable and popular of the seaside resorts, 
but the burning of its 
fine hotel in 1861 has 
somewhat changed its 
character as a watering 
place. 

The drive thither from 
Lynn, along the narrow 
roadway so kindly left 
by the sea to prevent 
Nahant from being an island, is really charm¬ 
ing, and the curious forms into which the 
rocks have been cut by the sea, together with 
the names that they have received give fancy a 
wide scope. Pulpit Rock, Sappho’s Rock, 















































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POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS 


Castle Rock, Spouting Horn, Caldron Cliff, 
Swallow Cave, Natural Bridge and Roaring 
Cavern are some of the names that give their 
own description. Nahant has two good bath¬ 
ing beaches. 


Nantaelfot Distance —124 miles from the excur- 
ll dll IdoIxC l Sion route at Portland. Route— East¬ 
ern or Boston & Maine B. R. or either of the two lines 
of steamers to Boston, thence by steamers direct 30 
miles; steamer leaves Litchfield’s wharf, 466 Atlantic 
Ave., Boston. Fare— $3.15. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Nantasket — 200 guests $4.00 per day $23.00 per wk 
Rockland.500 guests _per day _per wk 

Nantasket, Mass., is noted for its beautiful 
beach, and lies only 16 miles southeast from 
Boston. Boats leave eight times a day for the 

beach, charging 30 
cents for the round 
trip. When at the 
beach one finds four 
miles of sandy beach, 
good hotels, boarding 
houses and a beach 
railroad which gives fine sea views all along 
its length. Good band concerts are given day 
and evening. 

Npwniirvnnrt Distance— From the excursion 

llUTIMUl jfjUl l rou te at Portland, 72 miles. Route 
—Eastern R. R. Fare— $2.50. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Merrimac.75 guests $2.50 per day $ 9.50 per wk 

City Hotel.40 guests 2 00 per day 12.00 p r wk 

Brown Square...40 guests 1.00 per day 6.50 per wk 

Ocean.40 guests 1.00 per day 7.00 per wk 

Newburypoiit, Mass., is 36 miles from 
Boston, and is described by its inhabitants as 
the most beautiful city of 
New England. Three miles 
from the railroad station is 
Plum Island, which is con¬ 
nected with the city by stages 
and carriages. This island 
stretches to the south nine 
miles, front which one can 
have fine views of the ‘‘ grand 
old ocean.” 




N R W tl rt Distance — From excursion route at Port- 
1 r u 1 land, 184 miles. Route— Eastern or Bos¬ 
ton & Maine R. R. to Boston, thence by the Old Col¬ 
ony R. R. Fare —$4.65. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Aquidneck-125 guests $3.50 per day $25.00 per wk 

3.00 per day — per wk 

4.00 per day _ per wk 

3.00 per day 17.50 per wk 
2.50 per day 14.00 per wk 


Hall’s Cliff.... 100 guests 

Ocean .400 guests 

Perry.100 guests 

United States.. 35 guests 


Newport, Rhode Island, is one of the most 
popular and fashionable pleasure resorts in the 



United States; its resources for furnishing 
entertainment are almost endless. It has 


several excellent beaches and other attractions, 
among which are “Purgatory,” “ Hanging 
Rocks,” “Bellevue Avenue,” “Spouting 
Cave,” “The Glen,” and the “Dumplings.” 
Instantaneously with the sound of the word 
Newport, one thinks of a crowd of interesting 
sights, such as Fort Adams, the largest and 
strongest fortress in the United States; Touro 
Park, in which is “ Old Stone Mill,” the Perry 
Mansion, occupied by Commodore Perry after 
his victory on Lake Erie; Trinity Church, in 
which is the old organ, still used, which was 
presented by Bishop Berkley; the First Bap¬ 
tist Church, whose corner stone bears the date 
1638—the oldest church in Rhode Island. 


Uqiii Ynrl/ Pitlf Distance— _miles from the 

IlCW lUlK ullY excursion route at Portland. 
Route —Eastern or ' Boston & Maine R. R. to Boston, 
thence by Old Colony R R. to Fall River, thence bj* 
the Fall River line of steamers. Fare $3.00 from 
Boston. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Astor.300 guests $_ European plan 

Brevoort_,..150guests — European plan 

Brunswick.100 guests 4.00 per day^$25.00 per wk 


Cosmopolitan . .400 guests 

Everett.200 guests 

Fifth Avenue.. .700 guests 
Grand Union. . .600 guests 
Grand Central.. 900 guests 

Hoffman.250 guests 

Metropolitan... 600 guests 

St. Nicholas.guests 

St. James.guests 

The Windsor.. .500 guests 


European plan 
European plan 
4.50 per day $31.50 per wk 
.... European plan 

3.00 per day $17.50 per wk 
.... European plan 

3.00 per day $—. .per wk 

_per day .per wk 

— per day .per wk 

4.00 per day 25.00 per wk 


New York City, N. Y.—It ought not to be 
necessary in a book designed for American 
tourists, to describe the metropolis of their 

country even were 
it possible to de- 
scrib so large a. city 
in so short a space. 
Suffice it say that 
here will be found 
material for the grat¬ 
ification of the great¬ 
est possible variety 
of tastes ; the lover 
of the beautiful in 
art, architecture, or 
nature developed by 
the highest cultiva¬ 
tion, can find as 
much to repay a visit 
as the merchant or 
ship-owner,who will 
delight in the solid 
miles of brown stone 
or marble fronts of 
business houses, or 
the long rows of 
warehouses on the 
docks or the acres 
of shipping in the 
harbor. After the 
noise and rattle of 
this noisiest of cities 
has been borne for 
a time, however, al¬ 
most any visitor will find a trip to the water 
most delightful, and Coney Island and Rock- 
away Beach are easily accessible by several 
lines of railway, each running trains every few 













































POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS. 


31 


minutes, and all leaving stations not far from 
the ferry docks in Brooklyn, as also by five or 
six lines of steamers. 


frjmQ Distance — 67 miles from Toronto. 
iiiuquiu ■ uiiu xhe regular excursion tickets 
are good to return via Niagara Falls without extra 
charge. The general excursion ticket is good to the 
Suspension Bridge only, or two miles from the Falls. 
A special gratis round trip ticket, however, has been 
arranged that will be good from the Suspension 
Bridge to the Falls on the American side. This can 
be obtained without charge at the railroad ticket office 


on the Canadian side , at the Bridge. As the train stops 
at this point for examination of baggage, there will 
be plenty of time in which to secure the ticket. 


Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

International.guests $_per day $.per wk 

Clifton.guests _per day _per wk 

Cataract.300 guests 3.00 per day 18.00 per wk 

Niagara.150 guests 2.00 per day 10.00 per wk 

Spencer.guests .... per day .per wk 

Prospect.125 guests 3.50 per day 17.50 per wk 


Niagara Falls are situated about half¬ 
way, in a direct line, between Lakes Erie and 
Ontario, though following the course of the 

river, they are 22 
miles from the for¬ 
mer and 14 from the 
latter. The river, 
aside from its great 
attraction of the 
Falls, is a remarka- | 
ble one, being the 
channel through 
which all the waters 
of the four great 
lakes, Superior, 
Michigan, Huron 
and Erie pour, on 
their way to the sea. 
The peculiar forma¬ 
tion of its rocky bed, 
and the great descent 
of 333 feet which it 
must accomplish in 
connecting Lakes 
Erie and Ontario 
are the circum¬ 
stances which have 
given it its remark¬ 
able features, and 
changed it from a 
broad, smooth stream between two and three 
miles wide, to a mad, wild, resistless torrent, 
foaming and raging against the rocky walls 
that hold it in a gorge 220 feet wide, at the 
Whirlpool Rapids, 1$ miles below the Falls. 
Of the Falls themselves, it is useless to attempt 
description. There are no words in the lan¬ 
guage that could convey to the mind of one 
who had never seen it, any adequate concep¬ 
tion of the grandeur and sublimity of the 
spectacle. Niagara must be seen to be realized. 
It is everywhere admitted to be the most mag¬ 
nificent cataract in the world, though not the 
highest, and when one stands at Prospect 
Point on the American side, or near the 
Horse-slioe Falls on the Canadian side, or 
on the Suspension Bridge, where he can 
command a view of the whole scene, he will 
feel that he is in the presence of a mighty 
force beside which human power is nothing. 



Old Orchard Beach 


Route — Boston 


Distance —11 miles from 
. the excursion route at 
& Main R. R. Fare —45 


Portland __ 

cents. Round trip ticket from Portland to Boston 
allows a stop-over going and returning at this famous 
Beach. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Brunswick.200 guests $2.00 per day $12.00 per wk 

Central.150 guests 2,00 per day 11.00 per wk 


Fiske —.150 guests 

Gorham.100 guests 

Irving.100 guests 

Lawrence.150 guests 

Old Orchard.... 500 guests 

Ocean.400 guests 

Sea Shore.200 guests 


3.00 per day 
2.00 per day 

1.50 per day 
3.00*per day 

3.50 per day 
2.75 per pay 

2.50 per day 


13.50 per wk 

8.50 per wk 

9.50 per wk 
15.00 per wk 
20.00 per wk 
14 00 per wk 
14.00 per wk 


Old Orchard Beach is on the main coast 
and is one of the largest and finest in New 
England. The depot is immediately by the 

sea shore (no car¬ 
riages required) and 
within five minutes’ 
walk of any of the 
hotels and boarding 
houses. The beach 
extends from Scar¬ 
borough river to 
Saco river, a dis¬ 
tance of 10 miles, 
and at low tide, has 
a width of 300 feet. 
The sand is hard, 
smooth and clean, 
and the bathing safe, 
for there is no un¬ 
dertow. Abundant 
facilities for bath¬ 
ing are connected 
with all the hotels. 



P vmnilfh Distance —145 miles from the excursion 
I IJMIUU III route at Portland. Route — Eastern or 
Boston & Main R. R. to Boston, thence 37 miles south¬ 
east by Old Colony R. R. Fare —$3.50. 


Clifford. 
Samoset 


Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

.200 guests $3.00 per day $20.00 per wk 

_150 guests 2.50 per day 12.00 per wk 


Plymouth, Mass., has lately acquired some 
notoriety as a sea-side summer resort. No vis¬ 
itor to the “Hub” should neglect to devote to 

it at least a 
day. It is 
but about 
one hours’ 
ride from 
Boston o r 
five hours’ 
from P o r t- 
land. Here 
the first set¬ 
tlement was 
madeinNew 
England, for 
on the 22nd 
of Decem¬ 
ber, 1620, 
the “May¬ 
flower,” 
(189 tons), with its 101 Pilgrims, cast anchor 
in its harbor, and that which remains of Ply¬ 
mouth Rock (it may be seen by visitors) be¬ 
came the veritable threshold to a better 
civilization. The fighting Miles Standish and 






































32 


POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS. 


the preferred John Alden, lived here, and the 
old Standish homestead, with its relics, is still 
preserved and open to visitors. Pilgrim Hall 
and Burial Hill are also points of interest. 
Parties spending the summer at any of the 
beaches on the north side of Boston would find 
it pleasant to organize parties of from five to 
twenty and sail across Boston harbor for a day 
and a night at old Plymouth; sloops adapted 
for such trips and manned by experienced 
sailors, are available at low prices at all the 
beaches. The American end of the French 
trans-Atlantic Cable is at Plymouth. 


Peak’s Island 


Distance— Three miles from the 
excursion route at Portland. 
Route Steamer from Custom House wharf. Fare— 
25 cents. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Bay View.80 guests $2.00 per day “ 


Brackett’s.12 guests 1.50 per day 

Greenwood.25 guests 2.00 per day 

Montreal.15 guests 2.00 per day 

Oceanic.20 guests 2 00 per day 

Union.60 guests 2.00 per day 


10.00 per wk 
8.50 per wk 
9.00 per wk 
9.00 per wk 
10.00 per wk 
10.00 per wk 



Peak’s Island, Maine, is in Portland Har¬ 
bor, three miles from the wharf, and is lyxiy 
miles in extent, having an area of 720 acres and 

a permanent popu¬ 
lation of 300. Nu¬ 
merous hotels and 
boarding houses are 
patronized during 
the summer by over 
1200 “transients;” 
nearly every one of 
the 6 9 dwelling 
houses being tem- 
1 porary boarding 
houses during the heated season. The steamer 
lands at two points on the island, viz ; Jones 
and Evergreen landings, located respectively 
on the western and eastern ends of the island. 

Piapnn fiflVP Distance —90 miles from the ex- 
I iquUII VUlu cursion route at Portland Route 
—Eastern R. R. to Beverly, thence by branch R. R. to 
Rockport, thence two miles by stage. Fare —$3.85. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Linwood.60 guests $2.00 per day $12.00 per wk 

Ocean View 115 guests 2.50 per day 12.00 per wk 

Pigeon Cove.75 guests 3.00 per day 13.50 per wk 

Pigeon Cove is in Essex county, Mass., 32 
miles northeast of Boston, on the point of Cape 
Ann. It is one of the best points on the coast 
for ocean views. The invigorating salt sea air 
is said to secure an exemption from cJtarrli and 
hay fever. To the east may be seen the Straits- 
moutli Island and lighthouse. Further out, 
the famous “Lights of Cape Ann” on Thatcher 
Island. Looking south, we have the Massachu¬ 
setts bay, to the right, the town of Rockport 
and Pigeon Hill, north is a view of Ipswich 
Bay, Newburyport and Portsmouth, Hampton 
Beach, and in the distance the celebrated 
“ Isles of Shoals.” 

Pnrfomnntli Distance—b2 miles from the excur- 
I U( lOillUU III sion route at Portland. Route — 
Eastern R. R. Fare— $1.50. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Kearsage.40 guests $2.25 per day $11.00 per wk 

Rockingham ... 180 guests 4.00 per day 24.00 per wk 
Winthrop.300 guests 4,50 per day 33.00 per wk 


Portsmouth, N. H., is on the New Hamp¬ 
shire side of the Piscataqua river, and has an 
unusually fine harbor, accommonating the 

largest ocean 
steamers. A 
ride through al¬ 
most any street 
will take one 
past some nota¬ 
ble house. Gov¬ 
ernor Went¬ 
worth’s man¬ 
sion stands 
nearly as it did 
130 years ago. 
The spinnet in 
the billiard 
room, the gun 
rack in the hall, 
the rich paper 
and carpet in 
the parlor, all 
remind one of 
the day when 
_|_the old Gover¬ 
nor said, ‘ ‘ this is my birthday; it shall like¬ 
wise be my wedding day;” and the pretty 
little maid, Martha Hilton, became Lady 
Wentworth. 

Portland Dis tance—\ 861 miles from Detroit or 1145 
rUl IIClIIU from Chicago, the eastern terminus of 
the excursion route. Route —Grand Trunk R. R. the 
entire distance from either place. Fare— $19.00 is the 
usual regular price one way direct from Detroit to 
Portland, or $22 50 one way via Quebec (the excursion 
route). 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Atlantic.guests $ — per day $.per wk 

Adams.guests — per day .per wk 

City ..200 guests 2.00 per day 11.00 per wk 



Falmouth.300 guests 

Kirkwood.guests 

Merchants.40 guests 

Preble.175 guests 

Perry’s.gnests 

United States. ..150 guests 


3.00 per day 19.00 per wk 

— per day .per wk 

2.00 per day 11.00 per wk 
.2.50 per day 10.00 per wk 

— per day .per wk 

2.50 per day 14.00 per wk 


Portland, Maine, which is the eastern ter¬ 
minus of the general excursion, is the metrop¬ 
olis of Maine. It was settled 250 years ago, 

and though it was 


twice destroyed by 
the Indians, and 
nearly destroyed 
again at the out¬ 
break of the Revo¬ 
lution, and had one- 
half of its business 
part laid in ashes by 
the great fire of 1866, 
it is now a city of 
36,000 inhabitants, and bears a settled air of 
thrift and prosperity. On a prominent corner 
at the eastern end of the city stands an observ¬ 
atory, which the tourist will do well to ascend, 
and from it obtain, with the aid of a small 
telescope kept there, a broad view of the ocean 
out over Casco bay, with its 120 islands to the 
east, Cape Elizabeth to the south, and off to 
the northwest the White Mountains bounding 
the line of vision with their saw-like outlines. 
Another of the attractions is the trip among 
the islands of the bay on the little harbor 







































POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS. 


33 


steamer, which can be enjoyed for the expen¬ 
diture of 25 cents and a couple of hours’ time. 
(See article on Cushing’s Island.) 

The city is heavily fortified by Forts Preble, 
Scammel and Gorges, situated on islands in 
the harbor. 


PrnvmnQtn\A/n Distance—158 miles from the ex- 
riUvIMuGlUWM cursion route at Portland. Route 
—Eastern or Boston & Maine R. R. to Boston, thence 
50 miles southeast by steamer from Coney’s wharf 
Fare— $4.00. 


Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Atlantic.30 guests $1.50 per day $ 8.50 per wk 

Central.75 guests 2.00 per day 10.00 per wk 

Gifford.50 guests 2.00 per day 11.00 per wk 

Pilgrim.50 guests 1.75 per day 10.00 per wk 


a beach of 
nearly two 
miles in 
length, along 
the sides of 
which . the 
village s e t - 
tied in 1700 
is built. In 
1620 the his¬ 
torical ‘‘May¬ 
flower ” was 
anchored in 
the harbor 
for some 
days. No one 
can complain 
of the absence 
of sea views, 
or remoteness 
from the sea 
side, while at 
h-ovincetown. 



n.iphpp Distance—From. Detroit, 736 miles; one of 
XUulJUU the places visited by the excursion upon 
the return trip. Route— Grand Trunk R. R., all rail, 
or by Grand Trunk R. R. to Kingston, thence by St. 
Lawerence River steamers. Fare , $17.50, for one way 
from Detroit, to those not holding excursion tickets. 


Hotels and Boarding Houses. 


Albion..200 guests 

Dominion. 50 guests 

H encheys ’. 60 guests 

Mountain Hill... .200 guests 

Russell.200 guests 

St. Louis.300gutsts 


.50 per day $15.00 per wk. 
1.00 per day 6.00 per wk. 


1.50 per day 
1.50 per day 
3.00 per day 
3,00 per day 


8.00 per wk, 
8.00 per wk. 
18.00 per wk. 
18.00 per wk. 


Quebec, capital of the province of Quebec, 
is one of the points to be visited by the excur¬ 
sion party on the return trip. It has been so 
often and exhaustively described that one 
scarcely knows how to attempt a description 
without seeming to plagiarize; but whatever 
may have been said, the quaintness of the city 
invariably impresses the tourist who visits it 
for the first time with a sense of foreigness that 
makes it difficult for him to believe that he has 
not left the American continent, contrasting it 
as one cannot help doing, with the cities of the 
United States. Their air of self-satisfied, pros¬ 
perous moderness makes Quebec appear de¬ 
liciously crooked, quaint, odd, irregular and 
fascinating. It is built upon a high bluff and 
plain that form part of the north bank of the 
St. Lawerence. The roofs of the houses and 
buildings are almost invariably of tin. Que¬ 
bec is divided by its location into the upper 


and lower towns, the upper including the 
citadel, being enclosed by a wall nearly three 
miles in length. This was formerly pierced 
by five gates, now nearly all dismantled. His- 
torcally considered, it is one of the oldest 
cities in the continent, having been founded 
ip 1608 by Champlain. Its site was visited in 
1535, and possession taken of the land in the 
name of the French, by Jacques Cartier. 
Quebec remained the seat of French power in 
America until the defeat of Montcalm in 
1759. The citadel, one of the most impreg¬ 
nable of fortresses, is always of interest to 
visitors. It crowns the head of the Promon¬ 
tory of Cape Diamond, which is an immense 
rock 333 feet above the river, whose sides 
are almost smooth enough to have been 
hewn, and with its bristling cannon point¬ 
ing in every direction, completely commands 
every approach to the city, and gives it the 
name, ‘ ‘ Gibraltar of America. ” The fortifica¬ 
tions are very extensive, covering more than 
40 acres; and three-quarters of a mile up the 
river, on the Plains of Abraham, are two Mar- 
tello Towers, connected with the fort by un¬ 
derground passages. The citadel is kept in 
order by British soldiers who very politely 
show visitors around, and point out all that is 
of interest. Durham Terrace, in the Upper 
Town, is a large platform occupying the site 
of the old castle of St. Louis, which was 
burned in 1834, and as it commands the same 
fine prospect, it is a favorite promenade. It 
was erected by Lord Durham, hence its name. 
In the Public Garden near by, is the elegant 
monument which was placed there in 1827, to 
the memory of both Wolfe and Montcalm, 
though these two brave enemies fell on the 
Plains of Abraham, at the close of the memo¬ 
rable battle of Sept. 13, 1759, when Canada 
was lost to the French and gained for the Eng¬ 
lish. Wolfe died just as the victory was de¬ 
cided, and Montcalm on being told thaUhis 
wounds were fatal, said: “ So much the better. 
I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec.” 
The spot where General Wolfe fell is marked 
by a plain monument on the battle field, and is 
always visited by tourists. A large part of the 
Upper City is occupied by the buildings and 
grounds ot great religious corporations, Laval 
University, the Ursulines and the Hotel-Dieu. 
The Roman Catholic Cathedral is a large 
though not a very pretentious building, capable 
of seating 4,000 persons. The interior is quite 
handsome, but its chief attractions are its age 
(it was built in 1647), and the fine paintings by 
the old masters which it contains. In order to 
enjoy these the visitor should ask the sexton 
for a catalogue, which gives the name and lo¬ 
cation of each picture. He will also, if asked 
(not otherwise), show the wonderful robes for 
the priests, made of gold and silver brocade, 
and jeweled with diamonds and rubies. The 
Seminary Chapel connected with this church, 
contains many fine paintings, and should be 
visited without fail. There are many other 
buildings, churches, etc., which it would be 
interesting to visit, if one had the time, but by 
this time you have pretty well “done” the 
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34 


POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS. 


Upper .Town, and are ready for dinner. If 
you take this at the St. Louis Hotel you will 
see almost opposite you, a little to the west, 
the one-story, low-roofed house, with dormer 
windows, where the dead body of poor General 
Montgomery was laid, on that snowy 31st of 
December, while his young wife, the daughter 
of Judge Robert Livingstone, was waiting for 
him at their home in the State of New York, 
where she never more heard his voice. You 
are now ready for a drive to the Falls of Mont- 
morenci, through that quaintest of villages, 


Beauport. For this, if there are only two of 
you who wish to go together, take a calash, 
which is an instituition peculiar to Quebec, 
(being a sort of a two-wheeled carriage with a 
cover, drawn by one horse), which the driver 
manages very skillfully, going at a great rate 
through the narrow, crooked streets without 
once getting caught among the numerous other 
vehicles as you would think he must. You 
pass through a part of the Lower Town, which 
is the newer portion of Quebec, to the suburb 
called St. Roche. When you ride through 
this prosperous manufacturing and mercantile 
part of the place, remember that 340 years ago 
it was -the Indian village of Stadacona, and 
here in 1535, its chief Donnacona, was taken 
from his people and carried by Jacques Cartier 
across the ocean as a gift to Francis I., King 
of France. Soon after leaving Roche’s Ward, 
as it is called, you turn into the macadamized 
road to Beauport, first crossing Dorchester 
Bridge, over the St. Charles. Beauport is a 
single street running parallel with the St. Law- 
ence for five miles, and far above it. It is a 
village of long narrow farms, those on the 
south side of the street, running to the river, 
while those on the opposite side stretch away 
to the north. The houses are one-story high, 
nearly all white, and stand with one corner to 
the street, so as to break the force of the fierce 
winds that sweep up the river in the winter. 
It is the simplest of villages. There are no 


stores, no manufactories,—nothing but the 
little homes surrounded by their neat gar¬ 
dens, filled with brave, old-fashioned flowers, 
and vigorous vegetables. On the road through 
Beauport a fine view can be had of the Island 
of Orleans, which is 19 miles long. It is a 
beautiful island, with its. dark green woods, 
fine farms and little white villages. After 
passing through the village of Beauport, your 
carriage leaves the main road and you pass 
partly around the estate which, in 1791, was 
the home of the Duke of Kent, Queen Victo¬ 
ria’s father. You can visit liis 
room if you wish to. Crossing 
a bridge over the Montmorenci 
river, your carriage stops in front 
of a little hotel, or waiting house, 
where you leave it, and passing 
through an enclosure going a few 
rods on foot, you soon arrive at 
the brink of a narrow deep gorge> 
which is a gap or inlet, in the 
northern bank of the St. Law¬ 
rence, shaped like the thumb of 
a mitten, with almost vertical 
walls of rock entirely around it 
except where it opens into the St. 
Lawrence. When you stop you 
are about midway between the 
opening and the end of this 
thumb, and directly opposite you 
is one of the loveliest of cataracts. 
In the summer, when the water in 
the Montmorenci ri ver is compara¬ 
tively low, the Falls number 12 or 
15 narrow silver ribbons, fringed 
with lace - like spray, which, 
against the dark brown rock and abundant 
green foliage above it, look indescribably beau¬ 
tiful. They are all united in one when the 
water is high, and plunge 250 feet to join them¬ 
selves with the clear green waters of the St. Law¬ 
rence. At your feet descends a staircase with 
frequent landing places, for it is very steep, 
down which you can go to the very foot of 
the Falls ; for though you are on the opposite 
side, the gorge is so narrow that the spray will 
dash over you as you look up. After satisfy¬ 
ing yourself with the beauty and grandeur of 
the scene, for it combines the two qualities, 
you will find the drive back to the city pleas¬ 
ant. By asking the porter at the hotel to get 
you a carriage as soon as you have had your 
breakfast in the morning, and going in clubs, 
two for a calash, and five or six for a hack, 
you can easily visit all the places above de¬ 
scribed in one day, taking them in the order 
mentioned. 

Rapids of the St. Lawrence f h r ^z 

lieu & Ontario Navigation Co. steamers. Fare— From 
Kingston to Montreal, through the Rapids, $6.00 for 
regular fare, one way tickets. 

The Rapids of the St. Lawrence, seven 
in number, and lying, with one exception, 
within the boundaries of the Province of On¬ 
tario, form a remarkable series of obstructions 
to the navigation of what would otherwise be 
the great waterway to the heart of our 



FALLS OF MONTMORENCI, EIGHT MILES FROM QUEBEC. 





























POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS. 


35 


continent. Taking the steamer at Kingston, at 
5 a. m. , the first or Galop Rapid, is reached at 
about 10.30 a. m. This is the least of the 
rapids and offers but little attraction. The 
remaining rapids are scattered at unequal dis¬ 
tances between this point and Montreal. The 
last one, the Lacliine, being but seven miles 
above that city. They are reached in their 
order as follows : Galop Rapids at 10.30 a. m., 
Du Plan at 11.15 a. m., Long Sault Rapids at 
12.25, Coteau Rapids at 3.10, Cedar Rapids at 
3.40, Split Rock Rapids at 3.55, Cascade 
Rapids at 4.05, and the Lacliine Rapids at 
5.10 p. m. The Long Sault Rapids are almost 
continuous for a distance of nine miles, and 
have an average velocity of 20 miles an hour. 
An island in the middle divides the rushing 
waters into two channels—the Ameriean chan¬ 
nel and the “Lost”(Canadian)channel, a name 
given to it by the French boatman, as they sup¬ 
posed that if a boat drifted into it, it would be 
certainly lost. Formerly the American or East 
channel was mostly run by steamers, but of 
late the Lost channel is mostly used. This 
channel presents a grand appearance, the water 
being lashed into a white foam for several 
miles. The passage on the southern channel 
is very narrow, and such is the velocity of the 
current that a raft, it is said, will drift the nine 
miles in forty minutes. When a steamer en¬ 
ters within their influence, the steam is partly 
shut off and the engine slowed down to enable 
the pilot to keep her in the proper course, 
which is here very narrow. Great nerve, 
strength and skill are necessary to pilot the 
vessel ; several men are required at'the wheel, 
and a tiller is attached to the rudder itself, so 
that the tiller can be manned as well as the 
wheel. The first passage of a steamer down 
these rapids was in 1840. The Coteau Rapids 
are just below Coteau du Lac, fifty miles above 
Montreal, and extend two miles. Cedar Rapids 
begin seven miles below Coteau Rapids and 
near the village of Cedars. The passage 
through these rapids is very exciting. There 
is a peculiar motion to the vessel, which, in 
descending, seems like settling down, as she 
glids from one ledge to another. 

Split Rock Rapids immediately follow, in 
fact they are a continuation of the Cedar 
Rapids. In passing the rapids of the Split 
Rock, a person unacquainted with the naviga¬ 
tion of these rapids will almost involuntarily 
hold his breath until this ledge of rocks, which 
is distinctly seen from the deck of the steamer, 
is passed. The rocks do not rise above the 
water, and a passage 200 feet wide has been 
opened for the passage of steamers, by blast¬ 
ing. Cascade Rapids, which are entered soon 
after the passage of the former, terminate at 
the head of Lake St. Louis, where the dark 
waters of the Ottawa, by one of its mouths, 
join the St Lawrence. These last three rapids, 
in 11 miles, have a descent of 82^ feet. La- 
chine Rapids are the last and most dangerous 
on the river, although the shortest, and are in 
sight of the cky of Montreal. Before enter¬ 
ing these rapids the passengers are requested 
to sit or stand still in their places. The pilot 


and two assistants man the wheel, and four 
men assist in the steamer’s stern by handling 
the tiller. The steam is shut off, and, as the 
steamer enters the rapids, nothing is heard 
but the sound of the waves as they dash them¬ 
selves into a foam over the rocks. A ledge of 
rocks stretches across a portion of the channel 
and for this the steamer is directly steered. 
When within a few yards of certain destruc¬ 
tion, the wheel is rapidly turned, and the boat, 
which an instant before seemed about to be 
dashed to pieces, glides gracefully past the 
reef amid the applause of the scores of passen¬ 
gers who crowd the forward deck. It is all 
intensely exhilarating. Steamers have passed 
through the rapids every day of every summer 
for many years, and no lives have been lost. 
The excursion takes all the rapids in, going 
east. “Shooting the rapids” is one of the 
chief attractions of the trip, and of itself 
is an event of a lifetime. See map of the 
St. Lawrence River in the back of this guide 
book. 


Rpi/prp Rpaph For particulars concerning 
nCfCIC UC Clull this beach, see article on 
Chelsea Beach. 


nVP Rpanh Distance —59 miles from the exeur- 
IIJU UuUUII s j on rou fc e a t Portland. Route — 
Eastern R. R. to North Hampton, thence three miles 
by stage. Fare —$1.90 by R. R. and 75 cents by stage. 


Atlantic ... 
Farragut.. 
Marden’s.. 
Perkins 
Rising Sun 
Sea View.. 


Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

.160 guests $3.50 per day $19.50 per wk 

. 30 guests 1.50 per day 19.50 per wk 

. 75 guests 2.00 per day 12.00 per wk 

. 50 guests 1.75 per day 10.00 per wk 

. 60 guests 2.00 per day 11.00 per wk 

.250 guests 3.50 per day 18.00 per wk 


Rye Beach, N. H., is substantially the 
same as at Hampton, which adjoins it on the 
south. The surf bathing is excellent, there 



being no undertow. The Isles of Shoals are 
in sight, and it is a drive of but seven miles to 
Portsmouth, which lies to the north. The sea 
views are unexcelled and the beach has be¬ 
come deservedly popular among tourists. 


Rnnknnrt Distance— 106 miles from the excursion 
llUUnfJUl L route at Portland. Route— Eastern R. 
R. to Beverly, thence by branch R. R. Fare— $3.35. 


Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Clark .50 guests $1.50 per day $ 7.00 per wk 

Linwood.60 guests 2.00 per day 11.00 per wk 

Ocean View.60 guests 2.00 per day 12.00 per wk 

Pigeon Cove.... .57 guests 2.50 per day 13.50 per wk 


















36 


POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS. 


Rockport, 
Mass., claims 
popularity as a 
sea side resort, 
and lias several 
boarding houses. 
Granite from the 
quarries of Rock- 
port is a favorite 
building material. 
The tourist can 
here escape from 
the extreme sum¬ 
mer’s heat, for 
there is no cooler 
resort on the coast. 

Rivpr Distance— 120 miles from the 
UU^UUIIUJ III TUI excursion route at Quebec. 
Route —Take steamer from St. Andrew’s wharf, Que¬ 
bec. Fare —$8.00 for the round trip, to Ha Ha Bay 
and return, $5.50 extra for meals and state-room 
berth. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses at Tadousac. 
Tadousac House. .100 guests $2.50 per day $12 per wk 

Saguenay River is the largest tributary of 
the St. Lawrence, and flows into it 120 miles 
below Quebec. It has come to be a favorite 
resort for those who are fond of the wild and 
sublime in nature, for this river, in its lower 
course, presents scenery that has no parallel 
on the continent, nor perhaps anywhere in the 
world. It is about 100 miles long, nearly 
straight, and flows through a deep gorge in 
the Laurentine mountains, being navigable for 
60 miles for large steamers. At this distance 
from its mouth is reached an expansion of the 
river named Ha! Ha! Bay, by the early French 
voyagers because of its charming contrast to 
the oppressive grandeur and solitude of the 
river below. The Indian name of this river 
signifies “deep water,” and was very appro¬ 
priate, for miles from its mouth, from 2,000 
to 3,000 feet of line have been used in making 
soundings, without reaching bottom, and in 
many places it is as deep five feet from the 
shore as in the middle. The shores consist 
mainly of solid walls of gray rock, from 500 
to 1,500 feet above the water and as much or 
more below its surface. They recede but 
slightly, and are in many instances vertical or 
even overhanging the water, as if looking at 
their own reflections in the dark stream. 
Eternity Bay is considered the most striking 
feature of this strange river. It is one of the 
numerous expansions of its waters, styled 
bays, and is entered by a narrow passage 
guarded by two gigantic cliffs, each nearly 
1,600 feet high. There are several towns 
along this river, the one most frequented being 
Tadousac. 

Cnlnm Distance— From the excursion route at 
OulClII Portland, 92 miles. Route— Eastern R. R. 
Fare —$2.75. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 


Eerby.guests $.... per day $.... per wk 

Essex. 150 guests 2.50 per day 10,00 per wk 


Salem, Mass., was first settled in 1626. and 
was the first permanent settlement in the old 
Massachusetts colony. It is located on the 
west side of the inlet called Salem Harbor, 



which separates Marblehead peninsula from 
the main land, and is a city of about 27,000 
inhabitants. The harbor affords fine oppor- 



on the south, and Beverly and Manchester on 
the north, makes it a desirable place for a sum¬ 
mer’s headquarters. Many historical memo¬ 
ries gather about its old streets and buildings, 
and many illustrious names are found upon 
the pages of its annals. The most remarkable 
event of history located here is the extraordi¬ 
nary witchcraft delusion of 1692, by reason of 
which some 20 persons were tried and exe¬ 
cuted, most of them by hanging, on a rise of 
ground in the western part of the city, which 
is now called Gallows Hill, or Witches’ Hill. 
In the Court House some of the documents 
relating to the strahge trials are still preserved. 
The old house of Roger Williams, where some 
of the examinations were made, still stands at 
the corner of North and Essex streets. The 
places of interest to be visited are the museum 
of the East India Marine Society, the scientific 
collections of the Essex Institute, and its 
library of 25,000 volumes, the oldest church 
building in New England, built in 1634, and 
standing in the rear of Plummer Hall, and the 
Peabody Institute, which is reached by a ride 
of two miles in the horse car. The house 
where Mr. Peabody, the philanthropist, was 
born, may be seen near the Institute, and 
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s birthplace, ' an old, 
higli-roofed frame house, one and a half stories 
high, is one of Salem’s treasures. 


Salisbury Beach 


Distance — 65 miles from the 
„ ^ . excursion route at Portland. 

Route— Eastern R. R. to Newburyport or East Salis¬ 
bury, thence by stages or carriages. Fare —$—. 


Atlantic.. 

Cable. 

Harriman 
Ocean.... 
Seaside... 


Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

.guests $.... per day $. 

.guests -per day 

.guests -per day 

.guests — per day . 

.guests .... per day 


per wk 
per wk 
per wk 
per wk 
per wk 























POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS. 


37 


Salisbury Beach, N. H., extends from 
Hampton river six miles to the Merrimac and 
is smooth, hard, and gently sloping. On this 
shore the inhabitants of 
the surrounding country 
held an annual reunion 
every season for more than 
one hundred years. A 
dozen years ago when 
Whittier went there to 
pitch his “Tent on the 
Beach,” he only found the smooth sand and 
grand ocean; now we find hotels and every 
facility for enjoyment. 

\OrOf 003 Distanee— 203 miles from the excursion 
UUIUIU^U route at Montreal. Route— By branch 
of the Grand Trunk R. R. to Rouse’s Point, thence by- 
Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. R. R. Fare— $7.75 
from Montreal, or $ 10.35 if steamers across Lakes 
George and Champlain from Plattsburg are taken en 
route. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Adelphia Hotel... guests $3.00 per day $21.00 per wk 

Arlington. 350 guests 2.50 per day 16.00 per Wk 

Clarendon_ 350 guests 4.00 per day 25.00 per wk 

Columbian_ 175 guests 3.00 per day 16.00 per wk 

Congress Hall 1000 guests 3.50 per day 24.50 per wk 
Grand Union.. 1200 guests 4.00 per day 25.00 per wk 
United States.. 800 guests 3.50 per day 24.00 per wk 

Saratoga, N. Y.. is principally noted for 
its remarkable tnineral springs, its magnificent 
hotels and the crowds of visitors always to be 
seen there from July to October. The springs 
are peculiar for the different qualities they 
possess, no two being alike either in taste or 
effect, though they are all within a radius of 
half or three-quarters of a mile. The principal 
ones are the Congress, the Empire, the -High 
Rock, the Star, the Excelsior and the Geyser. 
They are all located so as to be within easy 
access of the hotels. There is no city of the 
size of Saratoga in America, and few in the 
world, where so many magnificent hotels are to 
be found, and it speaks well for the excellence 
of their management, and the attractions of 
the place, that they are all well sustained by 
the patronage of the throngs of visitors who 
flock to them each year. > 



Cnnrhnm Dnonll Distance- From the excur- 
dcamoru PGduN sion route at Portland. "8 
miles. Route — Boston & Maine R. R. or Eastern R. R. 
Fare —24 cents. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Kirkwood House 75 guests $2.00 per day $11.00 per wk 

Scarboro Beach, Maine, presents an un¬ 
broken stretch of over two 
miles, affording all the 
delights of surf bathing 
without the dangerous ac¬ 
companiment of an under¬ 
tow. 



Ox |_ L n Distance— 250 miles from the excursion 
M. JO nil route at Portland. Route—Be steamer 
From Portland, which leaves wharf at foot of State 
St., or by Grand Trunk and Intercolonial R. R. from 
Quebec, the distance by the latter route bein' 518 
miles. Fare —$4.5.) by steamer, meals and state 
"ooms extra, or $12.55 by R. R. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Park.100 guests $1.50 per day $12.00 per wk 


making some of its streets very steep. The 
town is situated upon a bold, rocky peninsula 
at the mouth of St. John river, and presents 
an imposing front to the sea. It is 190 miles 
northwest from Halifax, 761 miles southeast of 
Montreal by railroad. The population is 
30,000. The site was visited in 1604 by Cham¬ 
plain, and a settlement effected in 1635. It 
was created a town by Royal charter in 1785. 


Xwamnsnntt Distance —96 miles from the ex- 

unumpouuu cursion route at Portland. Route 
—Eastern Railroad. Fare— $2.28. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Ana wan. 50 guests $ per day $14.00 per wk 

Beacon.100 guests per day ..... per wk 

Beach.guests .... per day per wk 

Blaney.40 guests ....per day 12.00 per wk 

Cove. 40 guests 2.50 per day 18.00 per wk 

Collins .guests _per day per wk 

Cliff. 75 guests 2.50 per day 14.00 per wk 

Glen. 50 guests 2.00 per day 10.00 per wk 

International... 26 guests _per day 28.00 per wk 

Kiddie . 35 guests _per day 14.00 per wk 

Lincoln.150 guests 3.50 per day 18.00 per wk 

Morse Hill.guests _per day per wk 

Mott.guests _per day per wk 

Oakland. 75 guests 3.00 per day 15.00 per wk 

Ocean___100 guests 3.00 per day 16.00 per wk 


Swampscott, Mass., is the most fashionable 
and frequented of the watering places in the 
vicinity of Boston, and is 12 miles north of 
that city, The seaside guide books all say 
“ Swampscott is to Boston what Long Branch 
is to New York ; ” and it is true that here one 
finds a larger representation of Boston fash¬ 
ionable society than at any other beach. It is 
only one mile from Lynn, and can be reached 
by the street car lines or by the Eastern Rail¬ 
road. It has three beautiful beaches of differ¬ 


ent length, which are washed by the pure 
ocean-water, and the surf-bathing is capital, 
as there is no undertow, and many pronounce 
the waters warmer than at other places ; and 
this may be true, for the beaches front the 
south, and the sun shining on the sands warms 
the water, so that towards evening it is de¬ 
lightful. The view oceanward is beautiful. 
Directly opposite, across the little bay, is rocky. 
Nahant, connected by its white ridge of sand 
on the right to the Lynn Beach; between lies 
the bare island, called Egg Rock, with its 
light 80 feet above the water, while off to the 
left is the clear broad ocean, with nothing to 
break the view. The peculiar form of the 
beach here gives the surf the power to pound 
the fine sand into a perfectly smooth road, and 
so hard that carriage wheels scarcely make an 
impression on it. There is a beautiful avenue, 
60 feet wide and 3 miles long, from Swamp¬ 
scott to Marblehead, in some places running 
along the water’s edge, and in others, through 
woods back from the shore, or on the top of 
the rocky bluffs that form part of the shore. 

The Thousand Islands from Detroit t o 

Kingston. Route— Grand Trunk Railroad to Kingston, 
thence by steamer. Regular Fare— $10.75 to Kingston. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

Crossman House.guests $... per day $.... per wk 

Thousand Island. 1000 guests 3.50 per day 22.00 per wk 


St. John is the principal city of New Bruns¬ 
wick. Its site rises gradually from the harbor, 


The Thousand Islands. —The most re¬ 
markable collection of river islands in the 































38 


POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS. 


world is the archipelago in the upper St. Law¬ 
rence, known by the above name. Remark¬ 
able things are not often underrated in the de¬ 
scriptions men give them, but in naming this 
wonderful gift of nature some one has been 
guilty of misrepresentation, for instead of 1,000 
there are nearly 1,700 islands. The group be¬ 
gins about opposite Cape Vincent, N. Y., at 
the outlet of Lake Ontario, and extends for 40 
miles down the St. Lawrence, and presents to 
view everything conceivable in the way of an 
island, from a bare rock a yard across, to an 
island covering many acres, some heavily 
wooded, some covered only with grass, some 
cultivated as farms, some containing only a 
beautiful summer residence with its surround¬ 
ing pleasure grounds, and others fitted up with 
rustic seats and tables for pleasure parties. 
Some of these islands are hilly, while others 
scarcely rise above the water’s surface, and 
viewed from the deck of a steamer winding its 
way among them, make an impression upon 
the mind that memory will tenaciously cling 
to. Of course these localities are the very 
paradise of sportsmen, especially those who 
enjoy fishing, and every facility for these pur¬ 
suits, as well as for boating, and other water¬ 
ing-place recreations, is furnished by the sum¬ 
mer hotels among the islands. This lovely 
view is one of the attractions of the Evening 
New’s excursion. See map of St. Lawrence 
River in the back part of this Guide Book. 

Tnrnntn Distance— miles from Detroit. Route 
I Ul UIIIU —Grand Trunk Railroad. Regular Fare 
—$7.00. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

American.150 guests $2.00 per day $12.00 per wk 

Marlborough.... 60 guests 1.50 per day 7.00 per wk 

Queen’s.300 guests 3.00 per day 18.00 per wk 

Rosin.300 guests 3.00 per day 17.50 per wk 

Walker. .guests _per day .per wk 

Toronto, Ontario, population 90,000, is 
situated on a bay of Lake Ontario, and is one 
of the principal cities on the line of the Grand 



Trunk R. R. It has 47 churches, 41 newspa¬ 
pers and journals, and has abundant proof in 
its public and manufacturing buildings, of its 
enterprise and prosperity. This city was 
founded in 1794, captured by the “Americans” 
in 1813, and incorporated 1834. 

It is the most thorough “English” town 
in America; one would imagine he was in 
“ Old England;” as the excursionist has some 
three hours to spare, on the wa}^ east, it well 
pays to take a hack after supper, and tell the 
driver to “show the city.” 


WhltQ Mnimtomc Distance — From Detroit 772 

IlimtJ mountains mites. Route -Grsmd Trunk 

Railroad to Gorham, N. H. Fare — $18—the excursion 
tickets include Gorham. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

BETHLEHEM, N. H. 

Maplewoo 1 . 500 guests $4.00 per day $17.00 per wk 

Sinclair . 350 guests 3.00 per day 15.00 per wk 

CRAWFORD, WHITE MTS. 

Crawford . 500 guests 4.50 per day 25.00 per wk 

FABYANS, N. H. 

Fabyan’s . 500 guests 4.50 per day 25.00 per wk 

Mt. Pleasant _ 150 guests 2.00 per day 12.00 per wk 

GORHAM, N. H. 

Glen House — 500 guests 4.50 per day 28.50 per wk 

TWIN MOUNTAINS, WHI TE MTS. 

Twin Mountain 300 guests 4.50 per day 28.50 per wk 

The White Mountains, N. H., one of the 
points of interest on the line of the excursion, 
are approached from the “east side” via Gor¬ 



ham on the Grand Trunk R. R. They consist 
of more.than. 200 peaks that cover an area of 
2,700 miles. They are naturally divided into 
two divisions by the Saco river, each side 
being again subdivided on the east by the Pea¬ 
body and Ellis rivers, and on the west by the 
Pemigewasset river. Topographically consid¬ 
ered, the mountains are grouped in nine sub¬ 
divisions, viz: 

1. The Starr-King group. 

2. The Mt. Carter group. 

3. The Mt. Washington range, 

4. The Cherry Mt. d strict. 

5. The Mt. Willey range. 

6. The Cari igan group. 

7. The Passaconaway range. 

8. The Twin Mt. group. 

9. The Profile Mt. group. 

The above map shows the first and third 
subdivisions only, the latter (the Mt. Wash¬ 
ington or “Presidential” range)being the loft¬ 
iest of all. 

The scenery of the White Mountains com¬ 
pares favorably with the Swiss Alps, and 
those who have traveled widely in foreign 
lands are generally most enthusiastic in speak¬ 
ing of their grandeur and beauty. Those who 
have simply passed by the mountains on the 
railroad are not qualified to judge of the 
sceneiy, except in the most superficial man¬ 
ner. Pine as are some of the views that are 










































































POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS. 


39 


to be gleaned from tlie windows or rear plat¬ 
form of the train on the Grand Trunk Railway, 
they scarcely compare, in any sense of the word, 
with that obtained from the veranda of the 
Glen House, and that in turn becomes weak and 


MX. WASHINGTON, 

which is 6,293 feet, or nearly a mile and a 
quarter high, rises over 500 feet above the loft¬ 


iest of the surrounding peaks, 
this elevation, the summit 



VIEW IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS 


insipid as the tourist stands, a mile and a quar¬ 
ter higher, among or rather above the clouds, 
on the summit of Mt. Washington. The sum¬ 
mits only of some of the loftiest peaks escaped 
the tremendous smoothing and “ polishing- 
off ” that the rest received during the ice pe¬ 
riod, which accounts for the flowing instead of 
acute outlines. Mt. Adams, which is a sharply 
defined peali, is a marked exception, however. 
The forty-five names following are those by 
which the principal peaks are now known. 
The figures atthched give the height in feet. 


Adams.5,794 

Anderson .4,000 

Bald.3,978 

Baldface.3,600 

Black.3,571 

Carter.4,702 

Carter Dome.4,830 

Clay.5,552 

Clinton.4,320 

Cherry.3,670 

Carrigan. 4,678 

Chocorua.3,540 

Campton.1,742 

Doublehead.3,120 

Franklin.4,904 

Field.4,070 

Hayes.2,917 

Hale.2,337 

Haystack.2,787 

Hancock.4,420 

Jefferson.5,714 

Kancamagus.1,523 

Lafayette.5,259 


Lincoln. 

..5,100 

Moriah. 

..4,653 

Madison . 

..5,365 

Monroe. 

. .5,384 

Moat. 

..3,200 

North Twin. 

.. .5,000 

Osceola. 

. . 4,400 

Pleasant. 

..4,764 

Profile. 

..1,200 

Paugus. 

. .2,829 

Passaconaway.... 

. .4,200 

Starr-King. 

...3,800 

South Twin. 

..5,094 

Sandwich Dome.. 

.. 4,000 

Tom. 

. . .3,200 

Table. 

...3,784 

Tecumseh. 

.. .4,000 

Tripyramid. 

.. .3,542 

Wildcat. 


Washington. 

... 6.293 

Wiley. 


Whiteface- 

, ..4,007 


On account of 
forms an arctic 
island in the 
temperate zone, 
having the same 
climate as Green¬ 
land at 70 deg. 
north latitude. 
This is shown 
both by the tem¬ 
perature and the 
vegetation. The 
latitude is 44 
deg. 16 min. 25 
sec. north, and 
the longitude is 
76 deg. 16 min. 


25 sec. west. The 
interest in this 
mountain is en¬ 
hanced by know¬ 
ing that the liigh- 
est geological au¬ 
thorities place it 
among the very 
earliest forma¬ 
tions of the 
earth’s surface. 
Isaac Hill says, 
“Mt. Washing¬ 
ton had been 
thousands of 
years in exist¬ 
ence before the 
internal fires 
upheaved the 
Alps.” The grooves and scratches on all but 
the south side show the course of the ice-bear¬ 
ing ocean of the glacial epoch. These marks 
are found to within 1,100 feet of the summit, 
hence the surrounding valleys must have been 
filled with ice a mile thick, which, slowly mov¬ 
ing south, finally submitted to a southern sun. 
Tli e flora of Mt. Washington is identical with 
that of the arctic regions. He who ascends 
to this latitude has a similar opportunity for 
botanic study as if he made a journey to the 
north, passing first from the noble forests with 
which we are familiar to those of stunted 
growth, and finally leaving them behind alto¬ 
gether, at length arriving at the barren and 
bleak regions beneath the Arctic Circle. In 
approaching the mountain summits, one is 
first struck by the appearance of the firs and 
spruces, which gradually become more and 
more dwarfish, at length rising but a few feet 
from the ground, the branches spread out hor¬ 
izontally many feet, and become thickly inter¬ 
woven. These present a comparatively dense 
upper surface, which is often firm enough to 
walk upon. At length these disappear wholly, 
and give place to the Lapland rhododendron, 
Labrador tea, dwarf birch, and Alpine willow, 
all of which after rising a few inches above the 
ground, spread out over the surface of the 
nearest rock, thereby gaining warmth, which 



















































































40 


POPULAR SUMMER RESORTS. 


enables them to exist in spite of tempest and 
cold. These in their turn give place to the 
Greenland sandwort, the diapensia, the cassi- 
ope, and others with arctic rushes, sedges and 
lichens, which flourish on the very summit. 
In 1642 the first ascension of Mt. Washington 
was made by Darby Field; in 1810 Abel and 
Ethan Allen Crawford made the first path to 
the summit; the bridle-path was made in 1819, 
and Abel Crawford rode the first horse up, 
exclaiming, “ Can it be possible that a live 
horse stands on the summit of Mt. Washing¬ 
ton ?” The first house was built by the Craw¬ 
fords; the old Summit house was put up in 
1852 and the Tip-Top House in 1858; the car¬ 
riage road was finished in 1861 and the rail¬ 
road in 1869. 


Woll’c Qninli Distance— 30 miles from the ex- 
TV Cll o Dudull cursion route at Portland. Boute 
— Boston & Maine Railroad to Well’s Station. Fare— 


$1.05. 


Atlantic. 

Bay View. .. 
Highland. .. 


Hotels and Boarding Houses. 

_150 guests $2.00 per day $11.00 per wk 

_ 50 guests _per day .perwk 

... 50 guests 1.00 per day 6.00 per wk 


Well’s Beach, Maine, is six miles long, 
said to be frequented by snipe 
and curlew. In the woods very 
near are found partridges and 
woodcock, and to make the 
sportsmen still more happy a 
large trout stream crosses the ■ 
beach. The sea views are un¬ 
obstructed. It is only five miles 
from Old Orchard Beach. 















J 


That are 



Usually Asked Concerning the Excursions. 


THE PLAN. 

What are your plans for this year ? 

Arrangements liave been'made for three (3) 
grand pleasure excursions, to leave Detroit at 9 
a. m. June 27th, July 11th and July 25tli, from 
the depot foot of Brush street. Tickets good 
for the round trip from Detroit to Portland, 
Maine, and return, via Quebec and Niagara 
Falls, will be $22 each. 

THE ROUTE. 

What is the route to be followed ? 

From Detroit, over the Grand Trunk R. R, 
to Kingston, Ont., where cars will be ex¬ 
changed for steamer on the St. Lawrence; the 
day will be spent on the river, passing the 
Thousand Islands and “shooting” the famous 
rapids, arriving the same evening at Montreal, 
thence by cars to the White Mountains, thence 
to the sea shore at Portland. On the return 
trip Quebec and Niagara Falls will be visited. 

How is Niagara Falls to be included ? 

The return ticket will be good from either 
Toronto or Niagara Falls to Detroit, and the 
conneclion between Toronto and Niagara Falls 
is the Great Western Division of G. T. R. R. 
via Hamilton. 

Do we go to Niagara Falls and then back to 
Toronto ? 

No. If you go to Niagara Falls at all, the 
return will be direct to Detroit. 

If I return by way of the Falls, do I understand 
that the ticket will be good to the Falls, or only to the 
Suspension Bridge ? 

The general ticket is good to and across the 
Bridge (which belongs to the Grand Trunk R. 
R.), but not to the Falls, which is two miles 
further south. Arrangements have been made, 
however, so that all members of the excursion 
can go to the Falls without extra expense. 

How ? 

When the train from Toronto gets to the 
Bridge, it stops ten or fifteen minutes for the 
custom house officer to examine baggage. 
The G. T. R. R. ticket agent at that point 
(Canadian side of Suspension Bridge) will 
issue tickets to members of the excursion 
party free upon application. 

Isn’t there delay in getting to the Falls ? 

Not at all. The train you go from Toronto 
to the Bridge upon, will cross and go without 
change and at once to the Falls. 

What is the use then of the extra ticket ? 

Because the two miles from the Bridge to 
the Falls is a part of the N. Y. Central R. R., 
and the regular fare is six cents each way. 

Are we obliged to return via Niagara Falls ? 

No. But you can if you wish to and with¬ 
out extra expense. If you prefer, you can go 
direct from Toronto to Detroit, without going 
to Niagara at all. 

What is the length of the trip ? 

The round trip via Quebec, the route the 
excursion takes, is about 2,200 miles. 


Why not stop over a day or two at Toronto, 
Montreal and Quebec, going east ? 

Because the trip is planned to permit of a 
quick and inexpensive journey to those who 
do not want to stop. Any who wish to go 
more leisurely can stop off at any point from 
Toronto east, and continue alone and at their 
own pleasure on any regular train. 

Can I go to Quebec on the way east ? 

No. Quebec is included in the return trip. 

Can I go to Niagara Falls on my way east ? 

On the return trip only. 

How many changes of cars will there be before 
reaching the mountains ? 

Not any, unless you call the change from 
cars to boat on the St. Lawrence a change of 
cars; and that is not obligatory, as the same 
cars will run to Montreal, and any one wish¬ 
ing to do so can remain aboard. 

Why duplicate the scenery by coming back the 
same way ? 

It is not duplicated ; that which is passed in 
the daytime going east will be passed in the 
night on the return trip, vice versa. Hence the 
return trip will be practically over new 
ground. Going east, a steamer is taken down 
the St. Lawrence, but returning the route is 
by R. R. Going east the route is direct from 
Montreal to the sea shore, but returning it is 
via Quebec ; from Quebec to Montreal by day¬ 
light on the return, is a delightful ride, having 
in view Mountain and River, and the finest 
farming country of Canada. Going east, the 
route from Detroit is direct to Toronto, but 
returning it may be, if desired, via Niagara 
Falls. 

Do you sell tickets one way only? I do not wish 
to return by the route indicate I. 

All the excursion tickets will be round-trip 
tickets, and over the route advertised only. 

Can I go with you and come back by the New 
York Central? 

No arrangement has been made to return by 
any other route than the ones described. 

Can I join the excursion at Port Huron or any 
other place on the route, or must I come to Detroit 
and start with the others? 

You can join us wherever you desire. De¬ 
troit, Port Huron and Toronto are the points 
best for those who come from the west by lake 
steamers. The price will be the same, how¬ 
ever. The manager of the excursion will have 
tickets for sale with him on the train, and they 
can be obtained after leaving Detroit. 

If I join you at Port Huron, am I sure of making 
connections? 

Those coming from Chicago or intermediate 
points should not stop at the Port Huron city 
depot, but keep on the train till it stops two 
miles further on, at the crossing which is 
known as Fort Gratiot (see page i). As the 
excursion train stops at Fort Gratiot, but does 
not at Port Huron, there need be no difficulty. 
It would be well for those who find they have 

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42 


ANSWERS TO A FEW QUESTIONS. 


the time (and they probably will) to take the 
feriy across to Point Edwards where the ex¬ 
cursion will stop for dinner. 


CONNECTING RATES. 

What special connecting rates have you secured?. 
To those paying full fare one way to Detroit 
or Port Huron, tickets for the return trip can 
be secured upon certain conditions, as follows: 
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R. R..Free. 

Chicago & Grand Trunk R. R.Free. 

Cleveland & Detroit Steamers.Free. 

Detroit, G. H. & Milwaukee R. R... .Free. 
Detroit, Lansing & Northern R. R... .Free. 

Put-in-Bay & Sandusky Steamers.Free. 

Star Line Steamers.Free. 

Steamer City of Cleveland.Free. 

Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific R. R., east of 
Logansport, one-tliird fare. 


Star Line Steamers. — On board the steamers. 

Steamer City of Cleveland. — On board steamer. 

Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific R. R.—Round trip 
tickets, to connect at Detroit or Toledo, will be sold 
from points east of Logansport at fare. No 
receipts or certificates will be necessary over the 
Wabash R. R. 

Will these receipts and certificates be receivable 
on board the trains? 

No. They should be exchanged for Tickets, 
as described above. 

TOLEDO CONNECTION. 

How about the connection from Toledo to Detroit? 

Those who pay full fare one way to Detroit 
($1.80) will be given a ticket to return free of 
expense by calling at the office of W. H. 
Brearley, 65 Shelby street, Detroit, when re¬ 
turning. This is equivalent to making the 
excursion rates $28.80 from Toledo for the 
round trip. 

PORTLAND TO BOSTON. 


What are the conditions you refer to? 

Simply this. When you buy your ticket at 
full price, one way to Detroit or Port Huron, 
get a receipt from your local agent for the 
money you pay him. This receipt, together 
with a certificate to be obtained from the 
manager of the excursion (free of expense) 
will entitle you to return as above. 

Will the agent at the place where I start from, give 
me a receipt? 

Everyone is entitled to a receipt for money 
paid out, but to avoid delay and trouble, a 
suitable receipt has been prepared on yellow 
paper and bound in the back part of this book; 
it can be torn out and used. The one present¬ 
ing it should fill out all the blanks, except the 
price and signature. A receipt of this same 
character that is not upon one of these blanks, 
but is written, will answer the same purpose. 

Will I need a separate receipt for each person? 

Where a party are starting from one place 
and intend returning in company, one receipt 
will do, provided the name of each one is 
written on the back of the receipt. 

When can I get the certificate that goes with this 
receipt? 

Any time after arriving at Detroit. The 
best time will be on the steamer, the 2nd day 
out, when there will be plenty of time to at¬ 
tend to it: 

When I return to Detroit, how shall I secure the 
special rate from Detroit to my home? 

You will have with you, of course, the re¬ 
ceipt of the agent of your own town, which 
will show that you paid full fare one way go¬ 
ing to Detroit. You will also have the certifi¬ 
cate which the manager of the excursion will 
issue to you free of expense, while on the 
train going east. These two (the receipt and 
certificate) will be receivable the same as cash 
at the places mentioned below in exchange for 
a return ticket as specified. 

Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R. R.—Return 
tickets can be secured only at the Union ticket office, 
Toledo, O. This will not include the distance between 
Detroit and Toledo. 

Chicago & Grand Trunk R. R.—Return tickets can 
be secured only at the G. T. R. R. ticket office at Fort 
Gratiot. 

Cleveland & Detroit Steamers.—O n board the 
steamers. 

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee R. R.—At 
depot ticket office, foot of Brush St., Detroit. 

Detroit, Lansing & Northern R. R.—At depot 
ticket office, foot of Third St., or at G. T. Junction. 

Detroit, Put-in-Bay & Sandusky Steamers.—O n 
board steamers. 


What arrangements have you made between Port¬ 
land and Boston? 

For $8 a round trip ticket can be secured by 
members of the excursion, at the G. T. R. R. 
ticket office in Portland, Maine, which will be 
good either to go to Boston by steamer and 
return by R. R , or, to go by. R. R. and return 
by steamer; or good both ways by Rail with 
stop-over privileges. This ticket will permit 
of stops at any or all of the beaches. The 
regular fare one way by R. R. is $8. 

AT THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. 

What amount extra will the trip to the summit of 
Mt. Washington cost me ? 

A cou,pon ticket, good by stage, 8 miles 
from Gorham (on the G. T. R. R.) to the Glen 
House, thence 8 miles by carriage to Glen 
Ellis and Crystal Cascade Falls and Emerald 
Pool, thence 8 miles to the summit of Mt. 
Washington (including also the 80 cents toll 
on carriage road), thence 8 miles back down 
the mountains to the Glen House, thence 8 
miles back to the railroad station at Gorham, 
may be purchased for $6. This rate is half 
the usual price, and as this part of the route is 
the finest single portion of the excursion, it 
will not pay to go by the mountains, without 
seeing them. 

When and of whom shall I purchase the White 
Mountains ticket ? 

Send for it when purchasing your general 
ticket. Those who neglect to do so can procure 
them of the manager after starting on the train. 

Will not so much staging be fatiguing ? 

No, for it is not all taken at one time. 
When the train arrives at Gorham, the stages 
will take the party to the Glen House, in time 
for dinner, where any and all can remain as 
long as they wish. The carriage ride to Glen 
Ellis and Crystal Cascade Falls can be taken 
after dinner, and will be found a most delight¬ 
ful trip, only excelled by the ascension of Mt. 
Washington, which should be reserved till the 
day following. Then, after a day’s rest at the 
Glen House, the ride back to the railroad at 
Gorham will be found most refreshing in the 
clear, exhilarating mountain air. 

Do I need to take a shawl or overcoat ? 

Yes, for the ascension of Mt. Washington, 
though if one does not wish to carry heavy 
wraps, they can be rented of the porter at the 
Glen House. Every lady, however, will need 
an extra wrap to use during the journey. 











ANSWERS TO A FEW QUESTIONS. 


43 


I wish to go direct to Portland without stopping at 
the mountains. Can I do so, or am I obliged to stop 
over ? 

ah are expected to stop and see the moun¬ 
tains which is the most delightful part of the 
trip, but no one is “ obliged ” to do so. 

LENGTH OF TIME. 

How long is the regular excursion ticket good for ? 

All tickets are good for 60 days from date 
of starting. 

What is the latest day on which I must be back at 
Detroit ? 

_ To those going on the first excursion the 
ticket will be good until August 26tli, the sec¬ 
ond excursion September 9th, the third excur¬ 
sion September 23d. 

CHARACTER AND NUMBER. 

What will be the character of the party ? 

A pleasure tour which involves the expendi¬ 
ture of from two to six weeks of time and 
from $40 to $50 besides the ticket, is not apt 
to be patronized by a rabble. 

How many will go on each excursion? 

_ Each excursion will be by itself upon a spe¬ 
cial train, which will not stop at the smaller 
places, but will remain longer at places where 
meals are to be obtained. Probably there will 
be about the same number gboard that there 
usually is upon any regular train. 

LEAVING DETROIT. 

Can I follow the excursion on any regular train ? 

Any one purchasing excursion tickets, and 
not desiring to go on the excursion train, can 
follow on any of the regular trains of the same 
or the day following. Thus, a ticket good for 
the first (June 27th) trip, will be accepted on 
any of the regular trains that leave Detroit on 
June 27 or 28, one for the second or third, on 
the trains of July 11 and 12, or July 25 or 26 
respectively. They will not be good, how¬ 
ever, to use in leaving Detroit before or after 
or between these dates. 

If I "buy a ticket for the first excursion, and then 
conclude to go on the second, can I use the same 
ticket ? 

No. But I will exchange the ticket for one 
good to go ou the second or third excursion 
without extra expense. 

If I want to start June 26th, can I use one of your 
excursion tickets ? 

No. The ticket is good to go only upon the 
days advertised, neither before nor afterward. 
You can return, however, any 1 time you please 
within the time limited. 

Where do we take the train at Detroit ? 

At the depot, foot of Brush street. 

SLEEPING CARS. 

What sleeping car accommodations can be relied 
upon ? 

Pullman cars will be chartered for each trip, 
and attached to each train, and berths large 
enough for two persons will be sold from De¬ 
troit to the White Mountains for $6.00. The 
berths on the excursion trains can be secured 
in advance by remitting to the manager of the 
excursion. Those going on regular trains will 
have to secure sleepers for themselves, as in 
ordinary travel. 

What advantage is there then in my taking a berth 
on the excursion train ? 

Room in Pullman cars is difficult to*, secure 
during the season of pleasure travel, but to 
ensure the room desired, I charter a train out¬ 


right, pay for it in advance and take all the 
risk of filling it. While the party are on the 
steamer going down the St. Lawrence, the 
cars, with all hand baggage left on board in 
care of the porters, will go on to Montreal, 
and that night, when the cars are taken again 
for another night the berths will be found 
made up, and ready, with the hand baggage 
in them as left that morning at Kingston. 
This plan prevents all trouble in engaging 
berths and lugging hand baggage around. 

How long will we have the Pullman cars? 

From 9 a. m. when we leave Detroit, until 
we arrive at the mountains at 10 a. m. two days 
afterwards. It takes less than one day to go 
to Kingston (opposite Cape Vincent), but this 
is less than half way. 

Do you advise every one to take sleeping cars? 

I do, indeed. It will hardly be true economy 
to attempt a two days’ trip, unrelieved by the 
rest and comfort to be found in the superb 
Pullmans. 

If I write and engage a berth, will you reserve it? 

Berths will be reserved in the order of appli¬ 
cation, and only where the whole amount is 
sent with the application, the same to be for¬ 
feited in case the berths are not taken. 

How can 1 be sure to secure a berth? 

By securing it at least three or four days in 
advance of your excursion. When all the 
sections have been sold, applicants will be re¬ 
quested to wait until the next regular train, 
and go alone as in ordinaiy travel. 

If 1 purchase a berth for the first excursion, and 
then determine to go on the second or third, will I 
have to lose what I have paid? 

As each train of Pullmans has to be chartered 
and paid for, whether used or not, exchanges 
in sleeping-car berths cannot be made. 

If I pay |56.00 for a berth for two of us going east, 
what will it cost us on returning? 

The rates will be as follows: But cannot be 
secured in advance. 


Portland to Quebec.$2 00 

Quebec to Montreal. 2 00 

Montreal to Detroit. 3 50 


TRAVELING ALONE. 

As I am a single lady and will be traveling alone, 
will there be any way of finding some congenial com¬ 
panion? 

Yes; without doubt. One of the pleasant 
features of the excursion is that so many 
pleasant acquaintances are formed, and ladies 
starting alone generally find some pleasant 
lady associate before the end of the second day. 

Is there any advantage in two persons traveling 
together? 

There is, in many ways that will naturally 
suggest themselves to the mind, one of them 
is reduction in expense of sleeping cars. Two 
persons can occupy a berth and divide the 
expense. 

BAGGAGE. 

How much baggage can I take? 

The same that you usually do in traveling. 

How can I avoid having my baggage overhauled 
by revenue officers? 

Check it from Detroit to Gorham, N. II., 
unless you wish to use it in Canada, and it 
will not be disturbed. 

I wish to use my baggage in Montreal. How then? 

Check it to Montreal, but at Sar,nia it will 
have to be opened and examined; also at 
Island Pond, Vermont, where you again cross 













44 


ANSWERS TO A FEW QUESTIONS. 


llie border when leaving Canada. It would 
be less trouble to check trunks through to 
Gorham, and take what you want to use in 
Montreal in a hand bag. 

Who will check my baggage in Detroit? 

The Grand Trunk R. R. baggage man will 
be at the Brush St. depot, from which the ex¬ 
cursion train starts at 8 a. m, each morning 
that the excursion starts, to check any baggage 
that may not have been previously attended to 
as suggested above. 

STOPPING OFF. 

Can I stop oyer at any place on the route, and then 
continue the trip by myself on any regular train? 

Certainly, after going as far as Toronto; the 
tickets are good on all regular trains. 

How soon would it be possible for me to get to 
Boston if I didn’t stop anywhere? 

Two and a half days. 

Ami obliged to go to Quebec on the return trip? 

Not unless you wish to. Instead of going 
north from Richmond Junction to Quebec, 
you can go west to Montreal. By doing this 
you lose just so much of the ticket that you 
have paid for. 

Am I obliged to go to Niagara Falls on my return 
trip? 

Certainly not; the tickets are good to come 
either directly to Detroit from Toronto or 
Niagara Falls. 

HOTELS. 

I notice that prices are not quoted opposite some 
of the hotels. Why is that? 

The department in this guide-book devoted 
to a description of Popular Summer Resorts 
contains full alphabetically arranged lists of 
hotels, showing the number of guests, price 
per day, and price per week. Where no quo¬ 
tation is given, it is because the hotel did not 
respond to letters of inquiry. Many of the 
hotels, in replying, gave a sliding scale of 
rates, depending' upon the room, and in such 
cases an average price has been selected for 
publication. The special rates that have been 
given by hotels along the excursion route to 
members of the excursions, were conditional 
that they should not be published, but supplied 
only by private circular on the excursion 
trains. It would be well for parties to cor¬ 
respond with hotel proprietors and engage 
board in advance, where several intend to stay 
at the same place. 

What prices will be charged at the various hotels? 

It is impossible at this date to give full in¬ 
formation upon this subject. A circular, 
giving full and explicit information, will be 
turnislied on the train after starting. Dis¬ 
counts from their regular prices have been 
secured at many of the hotels. 

PURCHASING TICKETS. 

What is the price of tickets ? 

Twenty-two dollars for the round trip. 

I have two children I wish to take ; one of them is 
five and the other twelve years of age. What will be 
the charge? 

Eleven dollars for the two for the round 
trip, as children of 5 or under, are free, and 
over 5 and under 12 they are taken at half price. 

Are the general $22 tickets transferable ? 

They are not. 

Of whom are the tickets to be obtained ? 

Tickets will be sold by the manager of the 
excursion, W. II. Brearley, at the office of the 
Detroit Evening News, 05 Shelby street, De¬ 


troit, Mich., and at the office of the Grand 
Trunk R. R., 156 Jefferson avenue ; also at 
the Detroit Brush street depot; also at the 
G. T. R. R. ticket office at Fort Gratiot. 

How shall I remit for my excursion and sleeping- 
car tickets ? 

Send registered letter, drafts on New York 
or postoffice order, made payable to W. H. 
Brearley. 

Will there be time to purchase tickets after I get 
to Detroit ? 

Yes. Better get them in advance by mail, 
however, than to wait until the hour of start¬ 
ing. 

What do I gain by purchasing tickets two or three 
weeks before starting ? 

The first applicants, of course, have first 
choice of sleeping-car accommodations, and 
avoid all hurry and anxiety at the time of 
starting. 

If I purchase several tickets can I get them at 
reduced rates ? 

The price is already made as low as possible; 
twenty-two hundred miles of pleasure travel¬ 
ing for $22 is the best that can be done. 

When shall I get the $6 White Mountains coupon 
ticket, and from whom ? 

They will be for sale only by W. H. Brear¬ 
ley, and while they may be purchased on 
board the excursion trains, it would be better 
to purchase them in advance. 

ADDITIONAL EXPENSES. 

How much money ought I to take along besides 
my ticket ? 

It is best to take plenty along to cover any 
emergency that might arise. Forty or fifty 
dollars would be safe amounts, though it need 
not all be spent. This question is often asked, 
and it is the most difficult to answer. It de¬ 
pends upon the habits and taste of the person. 
Many have kept their expenses inside of $40. 

What do they charge for meals on the St. Lawrence 
River steamers ? 

Breakfast, 50 cents. Dinner, 75 cents. 

What do I need to do before leaving home? 

Before leaving home, the following items of 
preparation should all be completed: 

1st—The $22 excursion ticket should be 
purchased; nothing but actual necessity 
should permit any one to postpone this till 
the last day or two. The purchase of tickets 
can be effected as safely and with far less 
trouble bjr mail than by personal application. 

2nd— Send remittance of $6 to secure a 
sleeping-car berth without change from Detroit 
to the White Mountains. State whether you 
are.going on the 1st, 2d, or 3d excursion. 

3rd—Send remittance of $6 for the White 
Mountains coupon ticket which will suffice 
for all desired carriage fare while at the moun¬ 
tains. 

This should all be done before leaving 
home, a few days in advance, and by mail 
wherever convenient. Correspondence can be 
attended to in hours that do not conflict with 
other business, and is the preferred, though by 
no means the necessary method, to employ. 

ASKING QUESTIONS. 

Any objection to my writing and asking as many 
questions as I like ? 

None at all; only inclose a stamp for reply, 
please. It would be well to remember that 
letters mailed in Canada must be prepaid with 
Canadian postage stamps. 






Private Opinions Publicly Expressed 

By a Few who have “Been There” in Previous Years. 


For School Teachers. 

I learn with great pleasure that you intend taking 
excursion parties from “Detroit to the Sea,” thi; 
year, and my experience with your 1878 party war 
such that I shall heartily recommend your excursion 
to those of our teachers who desire recreation. The 
Lakes, Niagara Falls, St. Lawrence with its thousand 
isles, White Mountains, Atlantic Ocean, the birth 
place of Longfellow and other points of interest on 
your route, justify me in saying that our teachers 
can take no other trip for the same money that can 
be compared to yours for variety and grandeur oi 
scenery, and none that would be of so much value to 
them in their educational work. All are to be con 
gratulated who will take the excursion under youi 
splendid management. 

Yours truly, 

John B. Peaslee, 

Sup’t of Public Schools, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

No Crowding - of Cars. 

Nothing more could have neen done for our pleas¬ 
ure or comfort, no crowding of cars, always on time , 
best of hotels, and as pleasant as a small party oi 
friends, without the annoyance of having to look 
after baggage, hotels, etc. 

Clarance A. Black, 

(Of Black & Owen) Detroit, Mich. 

Arrangements Simply Perfection. 

It was my privilege to participate in one of your 
journeys to the sea. The scenery along the route is 
all that could be desired, and the arrangements are 
simply perfection. Robert Leete, 

Detroit, Mich. 

A Smooth Track on tlie G. T. R. R. 

Last season I accompanied your excursion to the 
White Mountains, and am glad to say, the manage¬ 
ment was good, the route as desirable as can be 
selected, “smooth track and free from dust” the 
scenery grand. Any who contemplate a pleasure trip 
cannot do better in every particular. 

H. Merrick, 

Baylis, Ill. 

To tlie Sea First, Then Across. 

Wish I could go again, think your excursions for 
old and young entertaining, refreshing, and highly 
instructive. Join Brearley’s excursion, and see the 
beauty of your own country first, then go abroad. 

• Charles Guckenberger, 

Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Admirable Management. 

I consider your excursion in every way worthy of 
the highest commendation. It has the advantage ot 
the cool northern route through Canada; the scenery 
is charming and the management is admirable. 

Dr. E. R. Knapp, 

South Saginaw, Mich. 

From 6i Out West. ” 

I look back to my trip — from “ Detroit to the Sea ” 
with great pleasure. The arrangements were all first 
class, and tne promises were kept to the letter. After 
a delightful excursion on the St. Lawrence and to the 
White Hills, I had ample time to visit all my old 
friends at many points in the East, and reached home 
in time to rest for next year’s work. 

R. W. Swan, 

Prof. Iowa College, Grennell, Iowa. 

True to Promise. 

My wife and I returned Jast week from New Eng¬ 
land and found your excursion tickets true to promise 
all round; and I feel like thanking you for them, for 
your care to get all things correct, for your patience 
in answering enquiries before we went, and I heartily 
commend your excursions to all persons desiring to 
visit New England, especially to ladies and others not 
used to traveling, as you are so careful of their com¬ 
fort. Rev. R. M. Sargent, 

Harristown, Ill. 


Will Go Again This Year. 

The pleasure I derived from your excursion down 
the St. Lawrence invites me to take another this July. 

Miss A. Lincoln, 21 Ledyard St., 

Detroit, Mich. 

Delighted. 

The trip down the St. Lawrence last July with one 
of your excursion parties was one of the most enjoy- 
ab e days of my life. First in beauty, it was second 
only in grandeur to the ascent of Mt. Washington itself, 
i was greatly pleased alike with the route, tne scenery 
and the management, and should be delighted to take 
the same trip with you again. 

J. W. Primm, Pastor Baptist Church, 

Lincoln, 111. 

Personally hooked to our Comfort. 

Having been a member of Mr. Brearley’s excursion 
party to the White Mountains, Quebec, etc., it is 
always a pleasure to speak not only of the pleasant 
acquaintances formed, but also of the manager, who 
fully understands his business, and personally looks 
to the comfort and happiness of the tourists. 

W. H. Bassett, 

Christian Herald Office, Detroit. 

Admirable. 

I think the route, scenery and management of your 
White Mountain excursions are simply admirable, 
and advise all who can, N to try one. 

M. L. Bagg, 

St. Johns, Mich. 

First Class in Every Respect. 

Your excursion was first class in every respect , 
plenty of coaches, good meals, and plenty of time to 
enjoy them. The arrangements made for t h e comfort 
of the excursionists were excellent, every one was de¬ 
lighted, never enjoyed a trip to the mountains and 
sea so well, and shall try to go again this season. 
Yours truly, 

Geo. S. Tompkins, 187 Griswold St. 

• Detroit, Mich. 

Nothing but Commendation. 

After going upon three of the six series of excur¬ 
sions conducted by you—I can offer nothing but com¬ 
mendation for your management; I am glad you have 
begun to reach out further, and now extend across 
the sea. John K. Allen, 

Lansing, Mich. 

Peculiar Satisfaction. 

I remember with peculiar satisfaction the trip on 
your excursion to the White Mountains, via. King¬ 
ston, the St. Lawrence River, Montreal and Quebec, 
being one of deep interest as regards scenery, and 
especially enjoyable on account of freedom from all 
care, every want having been anticipated and pro¬ 
vided for. Henry Glover, 

81 Edmund St., Detroit, Mich. 

Fnequaled Management. 

We were pleased with your excursion last season, 
and take pleasure in expressing our delight with the 
route, magnificent scenery and unequaled manage¬ 
ment. J. B. Beadles, 

Jacksonville, Ill. 

Going the Third Time. 

Have taken in two of your trips to the sea, and 
hope to enjoy the pleasure of a third this year. If 
possible they become more enjoyable every year. 

* C. M. Norris, 

East Saginaw, Mich. 

Words Fail. 

Words fail to express the many attractions offered 
by your grand excursion. The places of historical 
renown which are visited, the ride down the St. Law¬ 
rence, the scenery at the Mountains, many times 
repay one the little expense incurred. 

J. J. Bennet, 
Jackson, Mich. 









46 


PRIVATE OPINIONS PUBLICLY EXPRESSED. 


Gratified and Satisfied. 

I was more than pleased with your July excursion 
of ’82, one could not possibly hnd, a better route to 
the Mountains and the Sea. The management was 
certainly commendable. No trouble in making 
changes for the simple reason that all baggage seemed 
to have taken care of itself. Our little voyage amongst 
the thousand isles, and running the rapids was well 
worth the cost of the whole trip. The view from the 
summit of ,Mt. Washington, taking in the Silver 
Lakes of Maine, or the distant glittering sea, is too 
grand a scene to be fully appreciated by pen portrait¬ 
ure. We must see, ic we would appreciate the vast¬ 
ness and beauty of nature’s handiwork so lavishly dis¬ 
played at the White Mountains. In short, the scen¬ 
ery of the entire circuit is grand, and I hope at no 
distant day to enjoy it all again. 

J. M. Beadles, 
Murrayville, Ill. 

Carried out in Every Detail. 

We cannot close this brief sketch without compli¬ 
menting the excellent manner in which the excursion 
was conducted by Mr. Brearley. His arrangements 
for the comfort and enjoyment of the party were 
complete, and he was present to see tnat they were 
carried out in every deiail. He is a quiet, unpreten¬ 
tious manager, but manages to secure the lasting 
friendship of all who place themselves in his care. 
His popular excursions to ihe sea have done much to 
inform and impiove our people, aid they are becom¬ 
ing more popular each year .—Elyria {(J.) Republican. 

Pleasant and Satisfactory. 

It pleases me to have the opportunity 01 expressing 
to you my entire satislaction. The route, scenery 
and management were all that the most laMidious 
could desire. 1 hope to go again and take my daugh¬ 
ters. Mrs. R. L. Walston, 

Decatur, Ill. 

No Dust in His Eyes. 

I know not what to call our party,—an excursion J 
too much at home one would say; the beautiful scen¬ 
ery, the ‘Tree from dust,” the excellent care from 
the parties in charge, all in all, it was the most delight¬ 
ful summer I have ever known. 

Chas. J. Seabrook, 

Cleveland, Ohio. 
Relates His Experience. 

I took in the trip last summer, and from personal 
experience would say, from first to last, everything 
was done which was promised; I cannot thinK of a 
summer trip that wouid be superior. ? 

T. C. Nash, 
Lincoln, Ill. 

Economical Pleasure. 

Your excursions oner tne most pleasure for the 
least money of any excursion yet organized. 

Miss Alice E. Ives, 

Detroit, Mich. 

Had His money’s Wortli. 

Surpasses everything. The boat ride down the St. 
Lawrence River, ana going over those rapids is 
worth all the cost; and then the carriage ride round 
old Quebec and the ” Plains of Abranam ” all maae 
a delightful trip. D. H. T reed, 

IN iles, Mich. 

Much for Little. 

No excursion offers so much for so little monev. 

N. F. Higby, 

Riles, Mich. 

More Than Realized. 

It affords me the greatest pleasure to add my testi¬ 
mony in favor of your excursions. The management 
was all that could be desired,accommodations the 
best, hotels just as represented. The route pleasant and 
the scenery we think, the grandest on the continent. 
Our hopes were more than realized. 

V. H. Park, 
Decatur, Ill, 

Hopes to Duplicate ll. 

The route is the best for combining health, pleasure, 
fine scenery and varied experiences, I hope to dupli¬ 
cate it. J. M. Hughes, 

Richmond, Ind. 

Enjoyed it Wonderfully. 

The scenery is grand. I took the trip three years 
ago and enjoyed it wonderfully. 

L. E. Smith, 

Milan, Ohio. 


Ye Observing Editor. 

This is a splendid trip, and “‘ye editor ” looks back 
to the summer of ’81, when he experienced the pleas¬ 
ure-; and beheld the grand sights of this journey to 
the Switzerland of America, as one of the pleasantest 
periods of his life.— Deer Reid {Mich.) Record. 

A Marvel of Cheapness. 

Have just returned from Portland. I consider your 
route the most interesting one east, and your tickets 
and hotel rates a marvel of cheapness. 

C. D. Castle, 
Wyoming, Ill. 

Too Much Cannot be Said in Praise. 

Too much cannot be said in praise of your excur¬ 
sions ; they comprise fine scenery, first-class accom¬ 
modations, very reasonable rates, and A 1 manage¬ 
ment ; any one finding fault with them must be a 
chronic kicker. I would select your excursion train 
in preference of a “ regular,” every time. 

W. J. Ulrich, 

Mt. Clemens. 

A Strong, Indorsement. 

The following letter from Prof. Winchell of the 
State University, Ann Arbor, will be read with inter¬ 
est by those who contemplate a trip, to include pleas¬ 
ure and profit: 

Glen House, White Mts., July 9th, 1882. 

Mr . W. H. Brearley—Dear Sir : l desire on my own 
behalf and that of my wife and daughter, to express 
to you before we part, our own feeling of complete 
satisfaction with the management of the excursion 
which now breaks up. Everything has been accom¬ 
plished according to the published programme. 
Every promise has been faithfully performed and all 
the engagements has been placed within our reach 
which any reasonable person could have been led to 
expect. 1 find that this is not only our own feeling 
but one generally entertained by the excursionists. 
All unite, so far as my intercourse with them enables 
me to speak, in testifying to the careful, gentlemanly 
and conscientious manner in which you have dis¬ 
charged all the obligations assumed, 1 am moved to 
communicate to you the sentiments because my own 
experience informs me that when a man has‘made 
honest efforts to win the approval of others, it is a 
gratification to know that he has succeeded. I trust 
your future excursions may- be equally pleasii gto all 
concerned, and appreciated by numbers equally 
large. Very sincerely yours, 

Alexander Winchell. 

All Tliat Was Promised. 

My two trips ‘‘from Detroit to the sea” taken in 
1880 and 1882, were ail that your guide book prom¬ 
ised. Satisfactory in every respect and not disap¬ 
pointing some excursions have proven. 

Mrs. N. M. Schoff, 

Ann Arbor, Mich. 

The Pleasantest Trip of My Life. 

The route, scenery and management of your excur¬ 
sion was perfect, and I hold it as the'pleasantest trid 
of my life ; so free from annoyance of any kind 
My great desire is to again enjoy the same grand old 
views and shall use my influence to persuade my 
friends to accompany me. 

Miss Ruth A. Russell, 

Mt. Clemens, Mich. 

No Lady Need Feel Timid. 

1 can cheerfully testify that your excursions from 
'‘Detroit to the sea” are perfect in every respect • 
the management, route, and all things connected 
with the trip are very enjoyable, everything you 
advertise is carried out to the letter. No lady need 
feel timid to start alone. 

Mrs. A. F. Chaneller, 

Coldwater. Mich. 

Could Hardly he Surpassed. 

My experience with your excursions justifies me in 
saying that in excellency of.management, desirability 
of loute, and beauty and variety of scenery thev 
could hardly be surpassed. ’ 

Dr. W. B. Sprague, 

Battle Creek, Mich. 

Will Satisfy Particular People. 

It was my good fortune to join one of your excur¬ 
sion parties for 1881. Was very much pleased with 
ihe trip. The management was all the most partic- 
ular could desire. 1 hope we may be able to go with 
you again this summer. j. w. Brooks, 

Springfield’, Ill. 








PRIVATE OPINIONS PUBLICLY EXPRESSED. 


47 


Better Tli-an Any One Can Expect. 

The route is through a superb country for 
scenery and comfort; management better than any 
one can expect until they have the pleasure of being 
one of the party. Ed. T. Norton, 

Detroit, Mich. 

A Series of Surprises. 

The Thousand Islands, the rapids, the mountains, 
the sea, who can ever forget them ? An excitement, 
a series of surprises, a pastime, a rest. One of the 
most delightful trips on this continent. Not a single 
delay, not the slightest trouble anywhere, under the 
superb management of Mr. Brearley. I wish I could 
go six times a year for sixty years. 

Prop. Chas. H. Stowell, Mich. University, 

Ann Arbor, Mich. 

A Complete Success. 

We feel thankful for the interest you manifested in 
our behalf. We pronounce the excursion a com¬ 
plete success and entertain a very high appreciation 
of the ability and energy of the managers. Nothing 
was left undone that could have added to the com¬ 
fort of the party. Allow us to express the hope that 
you may be eminently successful in your future 
attempts. I shall always be ready and willing to 
speak favorably and with the highest appreciation of 
tne “ Excursions from Detroit to the Sea.” 

Prop. D. M. Harris, 

Lincoln, Ill. 

Tlie Best. 

I went with you in 1880, and do not hesitate to say 
it was the best excursion I ever had any connection 
-with. S. B. Chase, 

Oberlin, Ohio. 

Recommends Teacliers to Try It. 

I am gratified to learn that you will take excur¬ 
sions from “Detroit to the Sea” this year. 
My experience with your party last summer war¬ 
rants me in recommending your excursions to all 
teachers who are thinking of recreation in the way of 
travel. J. M. De Atmond, 

Davenport, Iowa. 

Could Not be Improved. 

Your excursion as I found it, was all that could be 
desired. The route as laid out could not be improved , 
the scenery grand and the management seemed to 
me a perfect success. John L. Johnson, 

Jacksonville, Ill. 

Has Been Twice. 

The scenery is grand and the arrangements- com¬ 
plete. The excursions are all you represent them *to 
De. I have patronized them two different seasons 
and hope to again. Prof. W. F. Parsons, 

Kalamazoo, Mich. 

Delightful Excursion. 

I will >dd my testimony to the complete manage¬ 
ment of your delightful excursion. It was all as 
represented, and much more charming in every re¬ 
spect than anticipated. It changed my opinion about 
“ Excursion parties,” as one would never know it as 
such, so select, so pleasant in every respect ; indeed 
much more agreeable than traveling the ordinary 
way. Mrs. Alex. McDonald, 

Jacksonville, Ill. 

Ho re Than Expected. 

The benefit, recreation and pleasure was more than 
expected, pleasure particularly, in its taking away 
all the inconvenience generally experienced by excur¬ 
sion parties, and substituting comfort and luxury. 

E. T. Adams, 

Detroit. 

The Best. 

The best excursion, all things considered, within 
my knowledge. John Powell, 

Ceresco, Mich. 

Could Not be Excelled. 

In my opinion a more desirable route to the sea¬ 
board could not be selected, and its cheapness 
recommends it to all who wish a summer vacation. 
The management is all that could be desired. 

W. C. Harmon, 
Charlotte, Mich. 


The Road to the Summit of Ml, Wash¬ 
ington. 

One feature of this ride which was a decided dis¬ 
appointment was its freedom from anything resem¬ 
bling danger or even excitement. From the base to 
the top, aside from the general steepness of the 
ascent, the road is far superior to the average road 
in Ohio. It is perfectly free from stone, although on 
either side for the greater part of the distance noth¬ 
ing but rocks are to be seen. At places where the 
track is cut into the side of the barren mountain with 
a dangerous looking precipice below, solid walls of 
stone are made to prevent any possible danger of the 
horses or wagons going over. —Shiloh (Ohio) Re¬ 
view. * 

Pleasant Recollections. 

We shall always take great pleasure in recom¬ 
mending your excursions, especially to ladies travel¬ 
ing alone, knowing they will prove satisfactory. 
Miss Turnbull and I have very pleasant recollections 
of our last summer’s journey ; may the excursions 
of this year, prove as successful as those of 1882. 

Miss Abbie Hatch, 

Griggsville, Ill. 

They Told Him What They Thought of 
Him. 

C. R. Milliken, Esq., Prop. Glen House. Dear 
Sir : The “ Detroit Evening News ” Excursion Party 
(just now busy with “Josh Billings,” your kind 
hearted guest, who is granting to the delighted ex¬ 
cursionists his autograph with some quaint saying ; 
he says to one, “It is better to know less, than to 
know so much that ain’t so,”) have delegated us to 
tender you, and through you, to your polite and 
efficient assistants, their hearty thanks for careful 
and generous treatment during the three days while 
at the “ Glen House.” 

T. T. Gurney, 

Hart, Mich. 

P. H. Conant, 

Springfield, Ill. 

J. M. DeArmond, 
Davenport, Iowa. 

At Glen House, July 23d, 1882. 

Will Not Soon Forget It. 

My daughter and myself will not soon forget our 
very pleasant “ Excursion from Detroit to the Sea ” 
which was not marred during the whole month we 
were absent from home, by a single unpleasant inci¬ 
dent, and we feel under many obligations to you for 
the many courtesies extended to us by you during 
the trip, and on our return via Detroit, and have 
taken pains to let it be known among our friends. 

C. H. Collins, 
Hillsboro, Ohio. 

Will be Long Remembered. 

Myself and wife accompanied the second excursion 
from Detroit to the sea during the summer of 1882, and 
of all the trips ihit we ever made, we both think this 
one was the most pleasant. And do not think in 
traveling the world over that two more gentlemanly 
persons could be found to take charge of an excur¬ 
sion, than Mess. Brearley and Ayres, whose kindness 
shown toward the excursionists will be long remem¬ 
bered. And would recommend this trip to all con¬ 
templating making a trip east for pleasure. 

Dwight E. Ray, 

Rushville, Ill. 

Well Selected. 

I was one of your excursion party of last year. 
And I can say that I never before enjoyed myself so 
much, in the same length of time, as I did while with 
your party of “Excursionists.” The route is well 
selected, and the management was excellent. 

A. R. Buckley, 
Springfield, Ill. 

To Whom it may Concern. 

This is to certify tnat Mr. W. H. Brearley has for 
the past seven years taken excursions east, many of 
which have stopped at the Glen House, and I have 
found his method of keeping engagements perfectly 
satisfactory to all parties under his charge. 

C. R. Milliken, Prop. Glen House, 

White Mountains. 







* 


A DOZEN REASONS 


Why You Should Go upon One of the Brearley Excursions From Detroit to the Sea. 



First. These personally conducted excur¬ 
sions have been carried bn for seven years, 
over the same route, thus enabling the mana¬ 
ger to perfect every detail of preparation. 
Excursions to the White Mountains at reduced 
rates were unheard of until they were inaugu¬ 
rated by W. H. Brearley in 1877. It was not 
until several years later, and after they had 
become well advertised and popu¬ 
lar, that any attempt at imitation 
was made. 


Tenth. Any one that imagines that “ trav¬ 
eling with an excursion ” would be objection¬ 
able may go by themselves. Thus the first 
excursion tickets will be receivable for first 
class fare upon any of the G. T. R R trains 
that leaves Detroit June 27 or 28. No one is 
obliged to go on the excursion train unless 
he prefers it. 


Eighth. As llie special excur 
sion train will leave Montreal in 
advance of the regular train, 

(which will follow a half hour later), those 
who do not desire to stop at. the Mountains, 
but wish to go at once to Portland, can stop off 
at Gorham, and in a few minutes they can 
take the regular train. 

Ninth. If you start upon the day or the 
day after the excursion starts, and go as far as 
Toronto, you are then at liberty to stop off at 
any point going or returning. 


BACK OF EXCURSION’ CERTIFICATE, (SEE PAGE 42), TO BE ISSUED 
ON TRAIN OR AT OFFICE, 65 SHELBY ST., DETROIT. 


Eleventh. It is possible that some who 
do not come till the last moment may be re¬ 
quested to take one of the regular trains. 

Twelfth. f^Tlie specialj excursion train 
will not resemble an ordinary excursion at all, 
in the sense of being crowded. It will simply 
be a first class train of Pullman palace 
cars. Each one can have all the space he 
wants and will pay for. 


Second. Nothing which ex¬ 
perience has shown to be either 
necessary or desirable lias been 
omitted in planning for the pleas¬ 
ure or comfort of the party. They 
will be conducted by W. H. Brear¬ 
ley, who will remain with each 
excursion for five days. 

Third. They are growing in 
popularity every year. The tes¬ 
timonials of pages 45, 46 and 47 
could be multiplied twenty times, 
if necessary. 

Fourth. The special trains 
and special steamers give better 
that “regular” accommodations. 

Fifth. Sleeping cars are run 
from Detroit to the Mountains 
without change. These palace 
cars are at the disposal of the 
excursionists day as well as 
night. 

Sixth. The Grand Trunk R 
II. is steel railed the entire distance, 
and the track is in perfect order. 
It is one of the smoothest tracks 
to ride over on the continent. 

Seventh. Special rates have 
been secured at hotels. A circu¬ 
lar giving these rates will be 
handed to members of the party 
on board the train after leaving 
Detroit. 


*These could be multiplied indefinitely. 







































MY COUNTRY! ’TIS OF THEE. 

My country! ’tis of thee, 

Sweet land of liberty, 

Of thee I sing; 

Land where our fathers died; 

Land of the pilgrim’s pride; 

From every mountain side 
Let freedom ring. 

My native country! thee, 

Land of the noble free, 

Thy name I love! 

I love thy rocks and rills, 

Thy woods and templed hills; 

My heart with rapture thrills, 

Like that above. 

Our father’s God! to Thee, 

Author of liberty! 

To Thee we sing. 

Long may our land be bright 
With freedom’s holy light; 

Protect us by thy might, 

Great God, our King. 

STAR SPANGLED BANNER. 

O say can you see by the dawn’s early light. 

What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight's last 
gleaming; 

Whose stripes and bright stars thro’ the perilous fight, 
O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly 
streaming; 

And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, 
Gave proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there. 
O say does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave, 

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? 
On the shore dimly seen, thro’ the midst of the deep, 
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence 
reposes; 

What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep, 
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses; 
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, 
In full glory reflected, now shines in the stream? 

’Tis the Star Spangled Banner, Oh! long may it wave, 
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. 
Oh thus be it ever when freemen shall stand 
Between their lov’d home and the wars desolation; 
Blest with vict ry and peace, may the heaven rescu’d 
land, 

Praise the pow’r that has made and preserved us a 
nation; 

Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just, 

And this be our motto, “In God is Our Trust,” 

And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave, 
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. 

RED, WHITE AND BLUE. 

O Columbia the gem of the Ocean, 

The home of the bi’ave and ihe tree, 

The shi’ine of each pati’iot’s devotion, 

A world offers homage to thee. 

Thy mandates make hei’oes assemble, 
When Libe.ty’s form stands in view, 

Thy banners make tyranny tremble, 

When boi’ne by the red, white and blue. 
When war waged its wide desolation, 

And threatened the land to defoi’m, 

The ark then of freedom’s foundation, 
Columbia rode safe through the stonn; 
With her garlands of vict’ry around her, 
When so pi*oudly she bore her brave crew, 
With her flag proudly floating before her. 
The boast ot the red, white and blue. 

GLORY HALLELUJAH! 

John Brown’s body lies a mould’ring in the grave, 
He’s gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord! 
John Brown’s knapsack is strapped upon his back, 
We will hang Jeff. Davis on a sour apple tree, 

[Repeat this last verse , omitting a word each time .] 


I NEED THEE EVERY HOUR. 

I need thee every hour, 

Most gracious Lord; 

No tender voice like thine 
Can peace afford. 

I need thee every hour; 

Stay thou near by; 
Temptations lose their power 
When thou art nigh. 

I need thee every hour, 

Most Holy One; 

Oh, make me thine indeed, 
Thou blessed Son. 


HE LEADETH ME. 


He leadeth me! oh! blessed thought, 

Oh! woi-d-i with heav’nly comfort fraught; 
Whate’er I do, where’er I be, 

Still ’tis God’s hand that leadeth me. 

Lord, I would clasp thy hand in mine, 

Nor ever murmur nor repine— 

Content, whatever lot I see, 

Since ’tis my God that leadeth me. 

And when my task on eai’th is done, 

When, by thy grace, the’.victory’s won, 
E’en death’s cold wave I will not flee, 
Since God through Jordan leadeth me. 


THE BEAUTIFUL RIVER. 

Shall we gather at the river 
Where bright angel feet have trod; 

With its crystal tide for ever 
Flowing by the_throne of God. 

On the mai’gin of the river, 

Washing up its silver spray, 

We will walk and worship ever, 

All the happy golden day. 

Soon Ave'll reach the silver river. 
Soon our pilgrimage will cease; 

Soon our happy hearts will quiver, 
With the meiody of peace. 


SHALL WE MEET? 

Shall we meet beyond the river, 
Where the surges cease to l'oll? 

Where, in all the bright foivver, 
Sorrow ne’er shall press the soul? 

Shall we meet in that blest harbor 
When our stormy voyage is o’er? 

Shall we meet and cast the anchor 
By the fair, celestial shore? 

Shall we meet in yonder city, 

Where the towel’s of ciystal shine? 

Where the walls are all of jasper, 
Built byjworkmanship divine?— 


SWEET BY--AND-BY. 

There’s a land that is fairer than day, 
And by faith we can see it afar; 

For the Father waits over the way, 

To prepare us a dwelling place there. 

We shall sing on that beautiful shore 
The melodious songs of the blest, 

And our spirits shall sorrow no more, 

Not a sigh for the blessing of rest. 

To our bountiful Father above, 

We will offer our tribute of praise, 

For the glorious gift of his love, 

And the blessings that hallow our days. 


* For the convenience of the excursion parties. 


(7) 







ALL CLAIMS PROMPTLY PAID AT DETROIT OFFICE 


DON’T NEGLECT 

TO SECURE A POLICY IN 



BEFORE STARTING ON THE EXCURSION. 



The general policies of this company insure against all forms of bodily injury induced 

by accidental means. 

NEVER HAS THIS COMPANY CONTESTED A CLAIM AT LAW. 


IT IS THE 

Only Purely Accident Co. in this Country. 

Secure one of its policies at once for you know not when the accident will happen. 

C. W. MOORE, 

Manager and Attorney, 

92 Griswold. Sir, DETROIT, 3VCIOHI_ 

i®" Always have a place for good live Agents, 


THE COST IS SMALL, THE PROTECTION GREAT. 































































































































































Brearley’s 
Improved 
Church. Plans. 


Trade Mark. 

DESIGNED, COPYRIGHTED, AND FOR SALE ONLY BY 


W. ZEE. BREARLE T, 

Office, Detroit, (Mich.) Evening News. 


IN ORDERING STATE WHICH PLAN IS DESIRED. 

Design 1, Frame, seats about 225, costs about $1,500 

“ 2, “ “ “ 300, “ “ 2,000 

“ 3, “ “ “ 325, “ “ 2,500 

“ 4, “ “ “ 450, “ “ 3,500 

“ 5, Brick, “ “ 400, “ “ 7,000 

“ 7, “ “ “ 1,100, “ “ 16,000 

Other designs in preparation. 


• Each of these Plans consists of a full set of working drawings, architect’s specifications, 
and builder’s bill of material. They are ready to be put in the hands of a builder at once. 

Any architect would charge $75 for a set of drawings that are no more complete. Either 
of the above designs can be procured for $6. The Plans must not be copied without per¬ 
mission. The $5 charged for right to use, is for each building built upon this design. 

Price of one set with rigflit to use, $6* 

B^If for any reason the Plans are not used, they may be returned within one month 
and $5 will be returned, thus making a charge of but $1 for the plans for examination. 

Address all communications to 


W. 


We are pleased with the plan of these designs, and 
b lieve they can be made very helpful to churches 
desiring to build good houses of worship. The plans 
are cheaper than those of an architect drawn for a 
special church.—[The Dayton, Ohio, Relig ous Tele¬ 
scope. 

This plan is attractive, unique, economical of space 
and cheap of execution.—[The St. Louis Presbyterian. 

We heartily commend them as affording inexpen¬ 
sive and attractive features not elsewhere to be 
secured.—[The Davenport, Iowa, Churchman. 

The novelty of this design is quite pleasing. — [The 
Dallas, Texas, Baptist. 

The plan is good.—[The Halifax, Nova Scotia, 
Christian Messenger. 

We are well pleased with the design. — [The Pitts¬ 
burgh Catholic. 

Something new, cheap and convenient.—[The Golds¬ 
boro, N. C., Methodist Advance. 

Just what is wanted; ample and convenient.—[The 
Hamilton, Ont., Christian Advocate. 

A new arrangement of rooms.—[The Portland, 
Maine, Christian Mirror. 

A much needed improvement.—[The Nevada, Iowa, 
Highway. 

It is an attractive style of architecture, and has 
several special advantages in its manner of sitting i 
and arrangement of rooms. — [The Boston Zions I 
Herald. 

The arrangement is the finest we have seen. — [The 
Louisville, Ky., American Baptist. 

There is fine taste in the plans and a very churclily 
effect is produced by the architectural skill, which is 
so plainly manifested in making the proportions of a 
square, usually undesirable, really attractive.—[The 
Topeka Kansas Churchman. 


HI. BREJiLELEY, 

65 Shelby St., DETROIT, MICH. 


They are certainly worthy of the attention of socie- 
! ties proposing to build, for in some respects they are 
not surpassed by any that we have seen.—[The St. 
j Louis Central Christian Advocate. 

W. H. Brearley, of Detroit, Mich., has designed and 
copyrighted a series of church plans, on a unique but 
simple arrangement, which ought to commend them 
to favor.—[The N. Y. Illustrated Christian Weekly. 

Some excellent suggestions might be got from the 
! plans prepared and copyrighted by W. H. Brearley. 
j —LThe Halifax, Nova Scotia, Wesleyan. 

The plan commends itself on the score of economy 
as well as excellence.—[The Richmond, Va., Mission¬ 
ary. 

The plans are full in every detail, even to the cost 
of material, and are worth the close scrutiny of every 
building committee.—[The N. Y. American Hebrew. 

The plan utilizes all the space to advantage and 
makes a pretty building.—[The St. Louis Observer. 

The designs are admirable.—[The Harrisburg, Pa., 
j Church Advocate. 

The arrangement of the audience room and its 
seating capacity is excellent.—[The Louisville, Ky., 
Observer. 

They are certainly worthy of the attention of socie¬ 
ties proposing to build, for in some respects they are 
not surpassed by any that we have seen. We com¬ 
mend them.—[The Topeka, Kansas, Methodist. 

They make a good impression.—[The Philadelphia, 
Presbyterian Journal. 

The principal object of the designer seems to be the 
economizing of space.—LThe’ London, Ontario, Mis¬ 
sionary World. 

We are favorably impressed with it, the plan for 
the audience room, class room and library is peculiar, 
— [The Cleveland, Ohio, Evangelical Messenger. 










3 \\co x no r a l e b 1882 


O-t^cmi-z-eb 1878., 


Drs. K. & K. 

U. S. Medical and Snr 

ASSOCIATION 

(Of Detroit, Mich.) 


icai 



President and M dicad Superintendent. 

JOHN D. KERGAN, M. D. 

Vice-President, 

FRANK B. SMITH, M. D. 

Secretary and Treasurer. 

W. W. KERGAN. 


Staef^Consists of 

EIGHTEEN 

SlfcillecL aiELcL Experienced 


SPECIALIST 


Q 
o , 


This Association Treats Exclusively 

GMR0N1G DISEASES AND DEFORMITIES, 

And the success which has rewarded its efforts have made it the most famous institution of modern times 
In the mastery of OBSCURE, OBSTINATE and DIFFICULT CASES it has been 
especially distinguished, having again and again restored to health and strength those 
whose cases had been abandoned as incurable by the best general practitioners. 

All the members of its Staff are GRADUATES FROM REPUTABLE COLLEGES, 

including the most celebrated American and European Universities, who have devoted their lives to the 
study of their specialties, and whose skill and experience have won for them an enviable reputation. 

Every case which is taken by the Association is prescribed for by its 


MEDICAL COUNCIL, 


which consists of men who have acquired, in a vast practice and by long and searching- experience an 
ABSOLUTE KNOWLEDGE of the EFFECT of every known remldy. 


THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM 


Diseases of the Head, Brain, Eye, Ear, Threat, Lungs, Heart, Stomach, Liver, Kidneys, 
Genito-Urinary Organs, Spine, Bones or Joints, or from any Diseases peculiar to 
Men or Women, or from any Catarrhal, Cancerous, Rheumatic, 

. Neuralgic or Nervous Affection, 

Should call on or write to Drs. K. & K., Detroit, Mich. All communications strictly confidential. 

Association’s Building-—Corner of Griswold St. and Michigan Ave. 








































































































DOMINION LINE OF STEAMSHIPS 

RUNNING- IN CONNECTION WITH 

The GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY of Canada. 


STEAMERS 


"OREGON, - 3,750 tons. 

BROOKLYN, - 3,600 “ 

MONTREAL, - 3,300 “ 

ONTARIO, - 3,200 “ 

TEXAS, - 2,750 “ 

*VANCOUVER 


"SARNIA, - 3,750 tons. 

TORONTO, - 3,300 “ 

DOMINION, - 3,200 “ 

QUEBEC, - 2,650 “ 

MISSISSIPPI, - 2,600 “ 

5,700 tons. 


Sail from QU’EBEC SATUBDA ~5T S for 


LIVERPOOL. 


These steamships are of the highest class, built in water-tight compartments, 
are fitted up with all the modern improvements, carry Stewards, Stewardesses, 
and Surgeon. It has been, and is the aim of the company to make their pas¬ 
sengers as comfortable as possible. 

The voyage from Quebec is the most desirable one for passengers, being 
nearly 500 miles shorter than to New York, and three days of it, in the compara¬ 
tively smooth waters of the Gulf and River St. Lawrence, famed for its beautifu-l 
and picturesque scenery. 


Prepaid Steerage Certificates issued from all parts of Great Britian and 
the Continent, to the United States and Canada, at very low rates. 

RATES OF PASSAGE FROM QUEBEC : 

$50, $60, $65 and $80. RETURN: $90, $108, $117 and $144, 

According to steamer and accommodation. 

INTERMEDIATE $40; STEERAGE $25. 

Tor further particulars, apply, in LIVERPOOL, to 

KERR, MOIR & MONTGOMERY, 

Or to Managing Directors, 

DAVID LAWRENCE & 00,, 24 JONES ST. 

General Agents, 

MONTREAL. 


These Steamers have Saloons and Staterooms Amidships, where but 
little motion is felt. 






















Homcxairx G-old Bracelets. 

G-old. Head Canes. 
American “WaltliairL "W"ai^clhros- 



W. H. HARRIS & CO., 


s. 












153 WOODWARD AVENUE 153 


Diamond JVCorxinvfciiCLg smcL Repairing 
Fine and Complicated "WatcAes 

a Specialty. 

HOTEL EISKE. 

C. II. FISKE, Pi oprietor. 


■ 


OLD ORCHARD BEACH, - - MAINE. 



This Hotel will open for its second season June 15th. Has accommodations for 300 guests Its 
location is unsurpassed. The furnishings are first class throughout,-Gas, Steam and Electric Bells 
Excellent bathing facilities are connected with the house, with bath rooms for hot salt water baths 
Pure spring water supplies this house. Plenty of Boating and Fishing. A first class Orchestra will be 
in attendance during the season. For full particulars send for circulars. 








































































BEFORE YOU START FOR 


iec^ust s_^s. 

Write for Pamphlets and maps giving full informa¬ 
tion about the Arkansas River Valley of South¬ 
west Kansas, perfectly suited to Mixed 
Farming and Stock-raising. 

There is Money to be made in Kansas. 

Circulars and Books mailed Free. Address, 

E. H. AYER, Trav. Land Agent, 

64 Lamed St. West, Detroit Mich, 



WINTHROP HOUSE 


THIS, 


Sh-elburne, - 3ST_ ZEE. 

A place well known as a favorite resort for summer 
tourists. One of the prettiest and most convenient 
places in the vicinity of the White Mountains, near 
depot, telegraph and post office. Team to Mt. Wash¬ 
ington and return the same day, $5.00. 

TERMS$6.00 to $9.00 per week. 

CHARLES C. HEBBARD, Prop. 


First Station East of Gorham. 


FRANKLIN HOUSE. 

Cor, of Earned and Bates Sts., 

DETROIT, - MICH, 

RATES:—$1.50 & $2.00 per day. 


Centrally located and in good order. Office 
and Dining Room on ground floor. 

C. FRIEDMAN, 

Proprietor. 


YOUR CHOICE OF 



IS OFFERED BY THE 

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R, 

For further information about either of these three 
lines, or for Free pamphlets, maps, papers, 
etc., descriptive of 

Colorado, New Mexico, Old Mexico, Arizona 
and California, address, 

J. L. TRUSLOW, W. F. WHITE, 

Gen. Trav. Agt. Gen. Pass. Sc Ticket Agt. 

TOPEKA, KANSAS. 



GOLDSMITH, 

Bryant & Stratton, 

BUSINESS UNIVERSITY 

DETROIT, 

Possesses Facilities Superior to Those of Any 
Similar Institution. 

IX HAS the largest and finest suit of rooms, 
centrally located, in the large and rapidly 
growing metropolis of Michigan. 

IX EMPLOYS a full corps of able and 
experienced teachers. 

IX HAS the most thorough and practical 
coarse of study, which is carefully graded, 
beginning with the most simple and grad¬ 
ually leading the student through the most 
complicated forms of accounts. 

IX INTRODUCES all the modern 
short and rapid methods of Bookkeeping 
and commercial calculations. 

IX USES the Counting House System of 
Actual Business, requiring a Bank, Com¬ 
mission Houses, Wholesale House, Trans¬ 
portation and Insurance Offices, Board of 
Trade, etc. 

IX XRANSACXS Mercantile, Commis¬ 
sion, Transportation and Banking Busi¬ 
ness, with the actual business departments 
of the Bryant & Stratton Business Col¬ 
leges, located in New York, Rochester, 
Cleveland, Chicago, and other distant 
cities, thus practically illustrating busi¬ 
ness as it occurs daily among business men. 

SHORTHAND and Typewriting taught 
by experts. 

ASK XHE BUSINESS MEN of 

Detroit about this institution; they have 
employed and tested hundreds of its grad¬ 
uates, and no better judges of its merits 
can be found. 

For particulars call at College, Griswold street, op¬ 
posite City Hall, Detroit, Mich., or send 
for Circulars. 

W. F. JEWELL, 

Principal. 

























A. B. DICKINSON, OS Smith’s Hotel, Hillsdale, Mich. 
F. H. CARR, Late Cashier Boody House, Toledo, O. 


THE BRUNSWICK, 



Corner State and Griswold Sts. 
DETROIT, - MICH- 

RICKINSOIV & CARR, Proprietors. 

Street Cars leave Central Depot for the Hotel every 
6 mintues. 

$2.50 Per Day. 


GORTON, BLEWETT & CO. 

(Successors to E. B. SMITH & CO.) 

Wholesale and Retail Booksellers, 

STATIONERS and ENGRAVERS, 

And Fine Art Dealers. 

SPECIALTIES. 

Presentation Books, Novelties, Etc. 

Newest Books and Popular Literature. 
Books in Artistic Binding. 

Ladies’ Fine Stationery and Leather Goods. 
Wedding and Invitation Engravings. 

Fi ne Plush Goods in Odor Cases, Toilet 
Sets, Etc. 

Art Goods in Statuary, Engravings. 

Plush and Gold Frames, Etc., Etc 

Visitors cordially invited to call. 

Prompt attention given mail orders. 

86 Woodward Ave., Cor, Larned, 

DETROIT, MICH. 


TRUNKS. 



If you are in want of a Trunk, Valise, Travel¬ 
ing Bag or any other article used for the com¬ 
fort and convenience of the traveler, you will 
more than be paid for your trouble by calling 
upon 

WILLIAM BROWN. 

At his manufactory, 

197 Jefferson _A_-^7-e. 




its Bronze 


MONUMENTS, 

STATUARY, 

MEOALLIONS, 

Etc., 

Are Superior in every re¬ 
spect to Stone for Ceme¬ 
tery purposes. 


‘•These Monuments will outlast Marble, Granite 
and Yellow Bronze.” 


E. E. Myers, 

Architect State Capitols Michigan and Texas 


Where they are made, and examine the finest and best 
selected stock of these goods to be found in any one house 
in the West, consisting in part of Sole Leather Trunks, Hat 
Boxes, Sample Cases. Valises and Toilet Cases, for either sex, 
Ladies’ Dress or Wedding Trunks, Saratoga Trunks. Steamer 
Trunks for ocean travel, Genuine Alligator, Russia. Leather 
and Seal. 

English, Gladstone and Club Bags, Shopping Bags, Pocket- 
books, Toilet Cases, Flasks, Shawl Straps, etc. A large line 
Sample Trunks and Cases for commercial men on hand and 
made to order. 


Endorsed by all Eminent Scientists. 

Designs and circulars sent on application. 

( MANUFACTURED BY 

DETROIT BRONZE CO., 

DETROIT, MICH. 









































































































































































































Milkrn & Williamson, 


81 Woodward Ave., 

gli|EEP in stock the largest variety of MEDICAL MER- 
CHANDISE gathered under one roof in America. 
Their line of Surgical Instruments, Trusses, Bandages, 
Supporters, and everything required by the Surgeon, and 
for use in the hospital or sickroom, is very complete; 
while in TOILET ARTICLES and Druggists’ Sundries their 
stock is more varied, much more attractive, and of better 
quality than can be found in any similar establishment 
in New York City, or any of the larger cities of the 
West. 

This is saying a good deal for Detroit, but they 
are facts, and we want you to see for yourselves. 

^Vioitoto to tlhc (Bttu: 

will find it of interest to visit our establishment, where 
many articles suitable for travelers can be found. 

Milkrn & Williamson, 

Druggists. • * 1 








This House is delightfully situated upon an eminence, and commands a view of 

LAKE CHAMPLAIN and THE ADIRONDACKS. 



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Appropriately teimed “A Yosemite in Miniatuke,” and of which Fredericka Bremer 
wrote: “ A visit to the Chasm would reward a voyage from Europe.” It is the judgment 
of all who visit it that, for fine and wild scenery, it has few rivals and none having superior 
attractions in any part of the world. No one who can, should omit to visit the Chasm. 

Stages meet every train and steamboat at Fort Kent, three miles distant. Plank road 
direct to & the house. For further particulars, address 

J. H. BURDSALL, 

Manager for Au Sable Co., Sable Chasm P. 0., JV*. Y 











































DAY, CAMPBELL A CO., 

(Successors to GEO. M. TRAVER,) 

IMPORTERS AND RETAILERS OF 

DRY GOODS, 

CLOAKS AHD SHAWLS, 

111 & 113 WOODWARD AVE., 

DETEOIT, - MICH. 


We will make it a special object for every 
one to call upon us while in Detroit on ac¬ 
count of the great bargains in Fine Dry 
Goods, Notions, Silks, Cloaks and Shawls, 
in which we are taking the lead. 

Do not fail to give us a call and make 
yourselves perfectly at home in the old reli¬ 
able stand, 111 and 113 Woodward Ave., cor. 
of Congress St. 

DAY, CAMPBELL & CO. 



GUEN HOUSE, WHITE MOUNTAINS. 



HOW THEY FARE AT THE GLEN HOUSE. 




Tomato. 


SOUP. 

FISH. 


Baked Fresh Mackerel, Wine Sauce. 

CUCUMBERS. 


Consomme. 


Boiled Halibut, Egg Sauce. 


Fowl and Pork, Parsley Sauce. 
Smoked Tongue. 

Leg of Lamb, with Jelly, 


Leg of Lamb, Caper Sauce. 
Corned Beef. 


BOILED. 

Sugar-Cured Ham. 

Turkey, Lobster Sauce. 

ROAST. 

Rib of Lamb, Mint Sauce. Sirloin of Beef. 

Ham, glace. Champagne Sauce. Turkey, Cranberry Sauce. 

Green Goose, Apple Sauce. Tame Duck, with Jelly. Spring Chicken. 

COLD. 

Corned Beef. Roast Lamb. Roast Turkey. Roast Beef. Roast Chicken. 

Ham. Plain Lobster. Tongue. 

ENTREES. _ 

Stewed Calf’s Head. <■ Fillet of Beef, Olive Sauce. Currie of Chicken, with Rice. 
Stewed Kidneys, Wine Sauce. Macaroni, with Cheese. 

Macaroni, Tomato Sauce. Chicken Liver Patties. 

Peach Fritters, with Sherry. Wild Squab Pie. Baked Beans. 

VEGETABLES. 

New Cabbage. New Turnips. 

Sweet Corn. Mashed Potatoes. Green Peas. 

Boiled Rice. Stewed Tomatoes. 

MAYONNAISE 

Lobster. Lettuce. 

PASTRY AND DESSERT. 

. Baked Indian Pudding. 

Apple Pie. Blueberry Pie. 

Strawberry Short Cake. Tarts. 

Italian Cream. Charlotte Russe. 

Almonds. English Walnuts. Watermelon. 


New Beets. 
Boiled Potatoes. 

Boiled Onions. 

Chicken. 


String Beans. 
Salmon. 


Washington Pie. 
Sponge Cake. 

Vanilla Ice Cream. 

Pecans. Raisins. 


Cheese. 


Olives. 


TEA AND COFFEE. 


* For Sunday, July 30 , 1882 —Day of the second excursion last year. 


































-♦iRrcrssiEiiLiXj’S ^ 



ST. LOUIS HOTEL, 

QUEBEC. 


Patronized by their Excellencies the Gov.-General of Canada and 

Countess of Dufferin, 


THIS HOTEL, WHICH IS UNRIVALED FOR SIZE, STYLE, AND LOCALITY 
IN QUEBEC, IS OPEN THROUGH THE YEAR FOR PLEASURE 
AND BUSINESS TRAVEL, HAVING ACCOMMODATION 
FOR 500 GUESTS. 


It is eligibly situated in the immediate vicinity of the most delightful and fashionable 
promenades, the Governors Garden, the Citadel, the Esplanade, the Place 
D’Armes, and Durham Terrace, which furnish the 

Splendid Views and Magnificent Scenery 

For which Quebec is so justly celebrated, and which is unsurpassed 
in any part of the world. 

THE RUSSELL HOTEL COMPANY, 


WILLIS RUSSELL, President 









Jeff©rson -A.'vema.©;, Cor. Sla.©llDy St;:r*e©-b 3 

DETBOIT, 3VCIOBC. 


WM. J. FERGUSON, Proprietor. 

Conveniently Located to Depots and Boats. Individual Fire Escapes in Every Room. 

One Blook from Excursion Office, 



Rates, $2.50 and $3,00 Per Day. FIRST CLASS IN ALL RESPEC fS. 


STEAMER 

R. J. GORDON, 

RUNNING IN CONNECTION WITH 

RIVER PARK HOTEL 


Will leave Detroit Daily, Sundays included, for 


RIVER PARK HOTEL, 
WYANDOTTE, 

GROSSE ISLE, 

TRENTON and 

SLOCUM’S ISLAND. 

From HUTCHINGS & CO.’S DOCK, between Gris¬ 
wold and Shelby Streets, 

At 10 A. M. and i P. M. 


FARE FOR ROUND TR P, 50 CENTS. 


STRATTON’S 



LATE IMPROVED VEGETABLE 

Dry Hop Yeast. 


J. B. STRATTON was the discoverer 
of Dry Hop Yeast. 

Our ‘‘STRATTON’S BRAND” is 
made by him, under his original dis¬ 
covery, with such improvements as an 
experience of nearly 20 years has en¬ 
abled him to make. 

Warranted to give perfect satisfaction. 
Is superior to all other brands. 

MANUFACTURED BY THE 


UNION YEAST CO, 

DETROIT, MICH. 







































ojTM&gio 

Navigation Company. 


ROYAL MAIL LINE 



-DAILY BETWEEN-— 

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, KINGSTON, 
TORONTO, HAMILTON 

-AND- 

INTERMEDIATE IPOIRTS- 


FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION, APPLY AT THE OFFICE, 


No. 228 St. Paul Street, 

J. B. LAMERE, 

Manager. 


MONTREAL. 

A. MILLOY, 

Traffic Manager. 















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[Copyrighted by W. H. BREAELEY, Detroit, Michigan.] 

A Compact, Convenient, Comprehensive and Perpetual Systematizer of Office Work, 

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PUBLISHERS, EDITORS ai CANVASSERS. 

THE BOOK IS BRIEFLY DESCRIBED IN THE FOLLOWING CLIPPINGS FROM 

AIRIESS NOTICES. 

SIMPLE AND CONVENIENT ,- 11 W, H. Brearley, of this city, has recently copyrighted a 
contrivance that will be of great practical value to publishers, lawyers, bankers, and otherClassesof 
business men who have business papers to file, requiring attention at fixed dates in the future. It consists 
il ° + £ 365 ^aves, corresponding to the days of the year, indexed at the margin, so that any date can 

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Forwarded only on receipt of price. 

£3?“ Remit by draft on New York City, or by Postoffice order. 


In ordering, Address 

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Manager Advertising Department, DETROIT EVENING NEWS. 


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47, 49 & 51 Lamed Street, corner Shelby, DETROIT, MICH. 


THE LARGEST INSTITUTION OF ITS KIND -Jgl 
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^WABASH 1 ** 

ST. LOUIS & PACIFIC 

RAILWAY. 

V . 

. THE 

Popular Passenger Line of America 

Operating the Most Complete and Extensive System of 

THEOTJG-H O-^IRS 

On the Continent, and reaching in the Most Direct Manner 

ALL of the PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CENTERS 

OF THE 

WEST, NORTHWEST and SOUTHWEST 

The Passenger Equipment of this Line consists of 

Elegant Eastlake Coaches, 

Horton Reclining Chair Cars, 

Palace Parlor Day Cars, 

Pullman Sleepers, and 

Peerless Dining Cars, 
AND IS SECOND TO NONE IN THE WORLD. 


ALL AGENTS SELL TICKETS VIA THE 

Popular Wabash Route. 


For Maps, Time Tables, or other information, address any Agent of this Company, or 

H. M. HOXIE, H. C. TOWNSEND, 

3d Vice President, Gen’ 1 Passenger Agent, 

St. Louis. St. Louis. 











GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY 


1883- GREAT NORTHERN PLEASURE ROUTE. 1883. 



-THE ONLY LINE TO THE 


WHITE MOUNTAINS AND SEASHORE. 

The GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY is laid with STEEL RAILS, is smooth and free from 
dust, is equipped with elegant Coaches and 

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And is first-class in all appointments. DUp SUPERB DINING CARS are run daily on 
Express Trains between Toronto and Montreal and Detroit and Niagara Falls. 

Passengers going to the Sea Shore can stop at GORHAM and visit the snow-capped 

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OF NATURE’S BEAUTIES. 

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Across the St. Lawrence River, two miles long, and cost nearly $8,000,000. 

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DETROIT ) 

ticket offices j Jefferson Ave., and at the Depot, foot of Brush St* 

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General Passenger Agent. General Manager. 


































THE 


WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 



SANITARIUM 



RIVGR PARK ROTGL, 



WYANDOTTE, MICH. 

The Drs. K. & K.’s U. S. Medical and Surgical Association and the Wyandotte Mineral Spring Co. 
now control this celebrated health resort, which, besides being famed for its healing waters, is the most 
delightfully situated and completely equipped sanitary establishment in America—offering, as is does, 
all the advantages of an elegant hotel and the Comforts and Retirement of a Home, combined 
with all the modern appliances and resources of the most popular and noted Cures” m either the Old 
or New World. Our Medical Superintendent, during his recent visit to Europe, Carefully examined the 
most celebrated Hydropathic and Massage institutions of England, Scotland, France and Germany Such 
ideas and details of treatment as were found to be of greatest value, both as regards the c are a nd treat¬ 
ment of our patrons, have been transplanted and improved upon in the arrangement of the White Sul¬ 
phur Springs Sanitarium. The River Park grounds are famed for their romantic location, and a 
large amount of money has been expended in improving them wherever the combination of both nature 
and art could be made to produce The Perfection of Beauty. The buildings are all modern, are 
heated by steam, lighted with gas and furnished with electric bells and telephone connection with Detroit 
and the Association’s business offices in the city. Steamers run several times daily during the season 
between Detroit and the grounds. There are also nine trains daily connecting the city with the Springs 

It should be remembered that the waters of these Springs cure Rheumatism, Neuralgia, .Liver 
Affections, Kidney Diseases, Dyspepsia, Catarrh, Scrofula, Paralysis, Skin Diseases, 
Piles, Nervous Debility and many other diseases. The Plain Mineral Bath, the Russian Bath, and 
the Electro-Magnetic Bath are administered as the condition of the patient may require, as well as all other 
forms of Hydropathic applications. When demanded by circumstances or conditions, the patrons of this 
celebrated Establishment have all the medical and surgical advantages at the command of the U. S. Med¬ 
ical and Surgical Association, which is composed of Eighteen Professional Gentlemen ot ac¬ 
knowledged standi ig in their respective specialties. ^ T . , 

It is the purpose of the Association to keep this Health Resort open throughout the year. It has ac- 
commodations for 200 guests, and its facilities for the Successful Treatment of the various ailments 
incidental to men, women or children are unrivalled, where the personal attention of the members ol 
their medical staff is necessary to perfecting cures of the various diseases mentioned above, lhe 
White Sulphur Springs Sanitarium offers all the inducements and advantages to be found on this conti¬ 
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RESERVOIR VASES. 

The self-watering principle renders these vases very desirable for use in Cemeteries. It is 
ound by expeiience that the earth is kept moist and in good condition for a period 
ot 10 to 15 days without re-supplying the Reservoir. There is no excess of 
moisture, and the plants thrive in them to perfection. 

feT" Special Circular of Vases and Lawn Furniture mailed Free upon Application, 

E. T. BARNUM WIRE AND IRON WORKS, 

DETROIT, MICH. 


















































































































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